Transfiguration Phoenix vs Ortofon Cadenza

Very true, wlutke. Output is a bit of a concern. Ortofon lists the output of the Black at .33mv, but most dealer's sites list it at .3mv. The Winfield seems to be consistently rated at .3mv.

.4-.5mv seems to be optimal for me at the moment, but I have been running a cart at .35mv with good results so I might be ok.

Thanks, Guys

I ended up getting a package deal on a Cadenza Black and Bob’s Devices 1131 SUT that I’ll be running into the MM section of my Zesto Andros phono. The VPI will be going head-to-head with a Rega RP10/Apheta 2 combo that I’ve been running for a while. Should be interesting!

I’ve gotten enough good feedback on the Phoenix and Proteus that I may try one down the road.

Good info on the loading!

I got both the cart and step up from Bob, so if it requires any tweaking I'm sure he could help out.

At the moment, I've got the Cadenza going straight into the MC section of a K&K phono. In this setup the 40 ohm setting seems to work better than 10 or 100.

Just trying to get a baseline on how the Cadenza performs going right into the MC section of the K&K and Zesto before throwing the SUT into the mix.