Cartridges: Complete Scam?
@madavid0 perhaps you can spend some more time doing research and reading before bugging us again here are two good starting points on this topic http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/stepup/primer.html http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/mc_step-up_transformers_explai.html |
When confronted with life's dilemma, one can always do the "uberwaltz" and forgeddaboudit, at least for a while. FWIW, I wouldn't go as low as 20 ohms, even WITH a SUT. But (Madavid) keep in mind that the "20 ohms" is the reflected load, in the case where you use a SUT, not the value of the load resistor. When you use a SUT, the net load seen by the cartridge is equal to the value of the load resistor on the secondary side of the SUT, divided by the square of the turns ratio of the SUT. For a 1:10 SUT, use "100" as your divisor, etc. |
Dear @madavid0: I don’t know how or why you decided to go with this AT LOMC cartridge. Anyway, yes it needs at least 40-50 hours before settle down completely. After those playing hours you need to make a complete and new cartridge/tonearm parameters set up/fine tunning it. In this link you can go to " reviews " and you will read what owners of this cartridge said about.: http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/cartridges/8e67b15a2a48de4e/index.html Btw, LOMC cartridges are not sensitive to load impedance changes. That 100 ohms choice in your MS is fine. Don’t worry about yet till the fine tunning time and then you will know what to do. If after the time of playing the cartridge you still do not likes then follow the what one gentleman just posted to you on that AT carrtridge """ But it will only be heard on a more capable table,phono amp. """ or learn why does not like you. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
I think you chose very good cartridge. In my opinion I have always liked much less loading then the manufacturers recommendations. Loading is very much personal preference. If I were you I would try it without any loading at all just run directly into your preamp. That usually gives it a 47K load. 47K as compared to 100 will give you a much livelier open sound but the downside is that it has the possibility to distort more on the upper end |
Has it not been demonstrated numerous times that cartridge performance (tracking) depends upon the arm in which its placed? The arm in turn depends upon the turntable on which it sits. A low quality turntable (resonance and speed issues) with a high quality cartridge is always outperformed by a good turntable with a low quality cartridge. This suggests that there is greater difference in performance in turntables than arms and then cartridges. |
