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| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Again my ignorance raises its head, but would the ideal windng ratio for the non-platinum be different? I believe the impedances are the same but the output is .4mv for mine, not .3mv (platinum). I imagine the answer is yes as long as there would... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Thank you Atmasphere! the Berning preamp has loading plugs for the moving coil section but if I understand what you're saying correctly those are for the INPUT side whereas you think the Jensen transformers themselves may need loading on the out... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other I have only owned the berning preamp I have only owned the berning preamp for 2 months so this is not a change that happened over time. I I think I may have mentioned that my time with the Hashimoto sut was very limited but the impression of dyn... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Tom: I am a pretty handy guy with most things except Electronics. I'm just terrible at soldering. But I have a local Tech who is great. Good to know that Dave units tend to be good in the mid-range because that's my highest priority. Mijostyn: yes... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other David Berning responded to my email and corrected one small thing ... that the Jensen sut windings in my preamp are 8 to 1 ratio. But he also seemed to think there should be no mismatch between the koetsu Rosewood and these Transformers. So I'm no... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other I have loading plugs and settled on exactly 100hz after listening, coincidentally. So 64 dB is enough, eh? Hmm. Could it simply be that the Jensens are not nearly as dynamic as the hashimoto hm-7 suts? The difference was not subtle. Also, my previ... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other I sent an email to David Berning to see if he would potentially advise. | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Yeah I lean toward copper not silver, though I am sure there are always exceptions. I cant drop $2400 though so need to either find a used standalone sut or replace the suts in my preamp. | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Raul I was only reacting to your suggestion of getting rid of my koetsu cartridge and your comment about tubes to the other poster. I think our respective objectives in this Pursuit might be very different. but again I really appreciate you taki... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other I just found the info on my preamp's internal SUTs. They are Jensen JT-347-AXT Step Up transformers (1:12 ratio configured). Given these and overall MC gain of only 64dB, does this explain my lack of dynamics with the Koetsu Rosewood Signature (.... | |
| SOTA Cosmos and other models - lean sounding? Mijostyn: There may be audiophiles who care mainly about accuracy to the recording, but two things I believe:1. I am not one of them.2. Chasing accuracy to the "source" is a red herring, unless one happened to be at the recording session. I would ... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Mike: It never occurred to me until I read your post but maybe I could replace the Jensen Transformers in my preamp. or maybe you are suggesting just adding these if there is room? I don't understand this stuff well enough to do it myself but I... | |
| SOTA Cosmos and other models - lean sounding? Thanks for the great feedback, all! Also pondering a used Basis Debut or an EAT turntables as alternatives to my SOTA. Any opinions are welcome. It would be psychologically challenging for me to move away from the vacuum hold down, now that I have... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other Mike: Did you paste the wrong link in your post? | |
| SOTA Cosmos and other models - lean sounding? Thanks guys. Mulveling: what sonic changes do you you recall when upgrading your Star III TO A Nova? This is likely exactly the upgrade I would do.Thanks |