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| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience Whether a cartridge is a 'voltage' or 'current' generator simply comes down to the load you present it with. Make the load an open circuit (volt meter) and it will deliver max voltage and essentially 0 current. Make the load a short circuit (amm... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience @rauliruegas I should be sure you have that RIAA deviation already measured and maybe you can share with us and your customers. I'm hesitant to give you a measurement which you will certainly turn into a cudgel to use on me in the future but ... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience @rauliruegas Blindly parroting frequency numbers without clear designation of the related decibel level is an effort in futility. In looking at the 3-200kHz number of the Technics you reference (SH-305MC) there is no designation of the attenuat... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience @rauliruegas Btw, could be interesting that your friends can ask to EMIA its measured FR due that even that exist audiophiles that just do not care about that kind of measure is really of critical importance and the manufacturer just " dead sil... | |
| Field coil dava cartridge @rauliruegas you are rigth, the 12" against a 10" EL tonearm in reality makes almost insignificant " improve " in tracking error. Using Löfgren A alignment IEC: for someone who insists on 0.1dB riaa accuracy for hi-fi, you sure seem to ha... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @frogman I know and am confident in what I hear. well put! I often find that those who rely heavily on the objective are incapable / uncomfortable forming a consistent subjective opinion. I am by no means suggesting that the objective has n... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mijostyn In order to fool the human ear you only need a 0.3 dB difference in volume. do you have a reference on this? I know the origin of the decibel scale is based on 1dB being the smallest difference in level detectable by the average pe... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dover I use the word symmetrical deliberately rather than the word balanced. Ahhh... point taken. If the SUT were truly symmetrical as you state then one could reverse the polarity of the primary and net the exact same frequency response at... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dogberry I expect we all know that volume influences how we perceive sound, and are aware of the warning that a constant desire to turn the volume up indicates there is something inadequate in the sound chain. That one is new to me and in fa... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mikelavigne ..but most of the best phono preamps are not true balanced designs, which is another issue. This is the key issue. As ralph points out just using an XLR means nothing and in order to take advantage of a balanced interface one mu... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT There is actually one substantial difference between the cable that feeds the input of a SUT and the one that comes from the output of a SUT. The difference is the impedance level at which they operate which dictates the situational needs. Lets ... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover This splinter of the OP's tree is in reference to the load a cartridge sees and in particular any variance from the cartridge manufacturers suggestions. Lewm was comparing active mc amplification vs SUT's. No.... Lew was wonderin... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover I cannot fathom how you cant see the difference between increasing gain and reducing gain. again... not the topic at hand. The cartridge doesn't magically see a sut and say 20Ω is fine and scoff at that same 20Ω if it is a load resist... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this You are correct in your conclusion, but IMO asking the wrong question. I am the only one here asking the relevant question in this situation. This all goes back directly to the insistence that something was broken in your system if your cartrid... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this Ralph... we have been over this. I made a point above to never mention ground and simply referred to the cartridge as a two terminal device feeding a two terminal load. If the goal of that load is to maximize current draw then by necessity it ... |