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| Does it improve the sound of a MM or MI cartridge by playing it through a phono stage? Chakster, What you say may be true for you and me, but the OP is in need of some basic understanding before getting into the nuances of a 100K ohm load vs a 47K ohm load for MM cartridges. Right now he is fine with 47K as standard. And I must di... | |
| Does it improve the sound of a MM or MI cartridge by playing it through a phono stage? Look for "elliottbnewcombjr"For example, the thread titled "What SUT?...."You asked, "why does a cartridge have a recommended load impedence from a phono stage and so many phono stages have adjustments for that?" Because each manufacturer wants h... | |
| Does it improve the sound of a MM or MI cartridge by playing it through a phono stage? Soko, Please re-read my post. I am afraid you missed the main points."You need to match the output of the cartridge with the resistance/impedence [sic] of the phono stage." No, you need to match the output of the cartridge with the gain of the p... | |
| Does it improve the sound of a MM or MI cartridge by playing it through a phono stage? Wolfie is misinformed. The 400 series of Acutex cartridges are MM types and for all I know they do have some relationship to AT, which is nothing to be ashamed of, because AT made some of the great MMs. But Acutex also made a totally unique and ... | |
| Which SUT? .... for .3mv/10 ohms MC cartridge into 3mv MM input sensitivity In a word, no. Re-read Almarg's post.Also, you are making this much more difficult than it needs to be.Start with the turns ratio of the SUT, which is another way of stating the boost in voltage it provides. A 1:10 SUT will boost voltage by 10X,... | |
| Choice of Phono Cartridges FWIW, if lowest moving mass is the Holy Grail, then MI cartridges ( not MC types) are the road to Nirvana. And incidentally MI types typically produce higher signal voltage than LOMC. Easier for the phono stage. Grado and Soundsmith are modern sou... | |
| Why do most phono preamps lack XLR input even thought cartridges are naturally balanced? Nice discussion. Ralph needs to chime in.JCarr, You wrote, "Phono cartridges are floating sources rather than balanced, and unless there is a low-impedance connection between phono amplifier ground and both sides of the cartridge signal coil, a... | |
| Why do most phono preamps lack XLR input even thought cartridges are naturally balanced? kijanki, To the degree that signal handling by the two phases of a balanced circuit is not exactly symmetrical, you are correct in saying that will reduce Common Mode Rejection, and it does for sure in tube-based balanced circuits, because exact m... | |
| Why do most phono preamps lack XLR input even thought cartridges are naturally balanced? First, it's a longstanding tradition to offer only RCA inputs. Second, it is not enough to offer XLR inputs alone, in order to take advantage of the balanced nature of phono cartridges; one would have to introduce a true balanced phono circuit in... | |
| MC Cartridge: Elliptical; around 0.5mv; track 1.25-1.75; Affordable Most re-tippers either cannot or will not rebuild a suspension. Don’t buy a cartridge that is likely to need a new suspension or a rebuild of its old suspension. That would be a mistake. Changing the cantilever and stylus type can be done, and tha... | |
| MC Cartridge: Elliptical; around 0.5mv; track 1.25-1.75; Affordable Elliot, Basically this thread consists of you naming products you saw on the internet after suggestions were made by Chakster and others, with not much comment about whether you really want to buy it or can afford it or fit it into your system. T... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 So I guess the output of your phono stage was just not sufficient to drive the Hera linestage for it in turn to produce enough signal voltage to drive your amplifier. (The results are dependent upon the input sensitivities of each of the componen... | |
| Right channel bias in analog setup Someone misled you. Changing azimuth to fix a problem with channel balance can work to some degree, if the imbalance is minor, but in the process of correcting that problem, you inevitably end up with an extreme setting of azimuth that is not acc... | |
| MC Cartridge: Elliptical; around 0.5mv; track 1.25-1.75; Affordable A SUT is nothing but a transformer. As such it is liable to faults associated with transformers used at the interface between any two stages. Most commonly an effect upon bass and extreme treble response in the form of attenuation or loss of detai... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 I did not say, nor did I intend to say, that using a SUT is a bad idea. I only say that using a SUT with the PH7 would probably be a bad idea. Because it would likely overload the PH7 resulting in distortion, and because the PH7 at the very leas... |