Also the Herron has two configurations as far as gain goes. You just have to switch the Tubes from 12at7 to 12 a X7 to make it the higher gain version. I'm not sure which configuration you have.
Do I need a sut?
I purchased an Ortofon MC2000 cart from a fellow A'Goner, it is very low output .05mV, my phono pre is a Herron VTPH-2 which has 69db of gain and my pre is a Herron VTSP-3a(r02) 14db gain.
The cart sounds wonderful, but with such a low gain I have to turn up the volume by quite a lot. If I had, another source at that volume, I wouldn't be able to stand it. With the volume turned up so high I get a fair amount of noise between tracks.
Should I be looking at an sut or just live with it the way it is? I found an Ortofon at a decent price, it has 24db of gain. Would that be ok to go into the mc input on the VTPH-2? The mm gain is 48db, if I plugged it in there I would only gain 3db(if I'm doing my math correctly) I will also be contacting Keith, but I thought I would ask here too.
Thanks
Jeff
The cart sounds wonderful, but with such a low gain I have to turn up the volume by quite a lot. If I had, another source at that volume, I wouldn't be able to stand it. With the volume turned up so high I get a fair amount of noise between tracks.
Should I be looking at an sut or just live with it the way it is? I found an Ortofon at a decent price, it has 24db of gain. Would that be ok to go into the mc input on the VTPH-2? The mm gain is 48db, if I plugged it in there I would only gain 3db(if I'm doing my math correctly) I will also be contacting Keith, but I thought I would ask here too.
Thanks
Jeff
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Dear @jdodmead : The T2000 made it expressely for the MC2000 goes from 8hz to 150khz ( -3db at 4hz. ) and weigths around 4k. Ortofon was whom puts in the comercial market the first LOMC cartridge and certainly they knew exactly why that so very low output in the MC2000 and additional they knew how try to degrade the less the cartridge signal in those vintage times. I own one of the best SUT ever that's the Denon AU-1000 that goes from 5hz to 200khz and weigths around 12 kg. Even today along the Technics exist no single SUT that can even its high quality performance levels. No, don't look to this Denon because has not the rigth gain for your MC2000. That FR XG-5 was a FR entry level SUT in 1983 and weigths around 1 kg and certainly its frequenci range to limited but even the FR vintage top of the line in those years were an inferior SUTs design. Always exist stupid people that knows nothing about and that talks only because they have a mouth but the audio world have people of all kind of knowledge/ignorance levels . Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
@jdodmead : Btw, MC2000 has response from 5hz to 90khz and in laboratory measured over 100khz. Very special design and SUT must be at least at the same level. The best electronics for the MC2000 is an active high gain SS phonolinepreamp but are really expensive one of this high quality level/caliber. R. |
After a brief listening session with my Ortofon MC-2000 i can say that iPhono2 with 72db gain is not the best choice for such a low output cartridge :( In fact i have much better result with my Luxman 8030 Silver SUT (1:32 / 30db) from the 80s. The SUT is connected to my JLTi phono stage. More about Luxman SUT: http://www.thevintageknob.org/luxman-AD8000.html |
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