EAR 834P Deluxe with Dynavector 20 HX H output Cart.

Hi frogman,

Mitch also did the upgrades to mine as well. He is a super nice guy and is very knowledgeable with all kinds of different audio equipment. BTW what cart, do u like the most?

Update- I talked with the EAR dealer who also sell Dyna. cart. and he said I would be better off using Low output cart. and use the MC on the EAR, would be better than using the HO cart. in MM mode. So two different responses. I think I will try the Low cart. and see the results.

And to complicate it, there is the third option of combining the low output cartridge with an external SUT and the MM input of the EAR. It can make a big difference, but there is an element of luck as no one can really tell what a particular SUT sounds like as it will depend on the cartridge and phono stage used.

dogberry, when I get the cart. I will see how it sounds, from what I am told there is a SUT built into the EAR I will be using. So hopefully I will be fine.

If there is one thing EAR do know a lot about, it is Transformer Winding.

Prior to the EAR Brand developing TDP produced the TX4 SUT - later to become known as the The Head or the The Brick.

This is one of the most sought out and revered SUT's I know of. 

It is a Legacy Item, that is cherished. 

The MC4 is the go to EAR SUT today, and it will be found coupled to the 834P.

How the inbuilt MC Stage on the 834P, compares to the above is an unknown to myself.

How other SUT's compares to the 834's MC Stage is also an unknown.

I have a Dynavector 20X H, owned and stored. As a Cart' it was my first exit from MM and the predecessor to my use of MC. I was always content with it in use, I certainly did not seem to need to experience MM anymore.