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What Step-up transformers are best value?

I have recently bought a VDH Black Beauty cartridge. It needs top-flight SUTs. I'm currently using Silks, which are very good. I have also tried the S&B TX103s (lent by a good friend), and they are noticeably better. Their price, however, is prohibitive (£1400). Anyone know of any serious bargains out there, which are up there with the Tx103s?
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ddriveman
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I highly recommend the SoundTradition Live! MC-10. Costs about US$990. Here is the website: http://www.obsinc-products.com/servlet/Categories?category=MC+Step-Up+
Units.
Its th best I have heard and is quite a bit better than the Cinemag CMQEE-3440A, the Silk Step-Ups Fidelity Research XG5 and SPU-T100 using either my Ortofon SPU Meister Silver Mk2 or Dynavector XX-2MkII cartridges.
ddriveman
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Lutenist,

I have tried resistor loading on the secondary side of the Silk transformers. The best write up on this is in the Bent Audio Forum. Have not tried loading on the primary. I find that loading on the secondary can help. But my preference is the Cinemag over the Silk even with loading. Of course YMMV.
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