@fsonicsmith
Your 1st email above is impossible to decipher
If you mean 25ohms you are loading the cartridge, not unloading it.
If you mean 25kohms, then you are indeed "unloading it", relative to say 100ohms.
"too much loading and the sound becomes lifeless" - I agree with this if you mean loading down to 50, 100 ohms etc.
"For my Etna, it is 50k" - 50 kohms is unloading, its higher than the standard 47k.
Your 1st email above is impossible to decipher
unloading to 25 does produce a very euphonic lively sound25 what ? - 25 ohms or 25kohms ?
If you mean 25ohms you are loading the cartridge, not unloading it.
If you mean 25kohms, then you are indeed "unloading it", relative to say 100ohms.
Too much loading and the sound becomes lifeless.You have to strike a balance. For my Etna, it is 50K.This statement is oxymoronic.
"too much loading and the sound becomes lifeless" - I agree with this if you mean loading down to 50, 100 ohms etc.
"For my Etna, it is 50k" - 50 kohms is unloading, its higher than the standard 47k.