DIY Phono Loading Plugs Question

Give it a try, but order better ones to hear the potential. FWIW, "Kiwame" sounds great & is my resistor of choice. 

If you bother to compare it will take all of like three seconds to realize what crap cheap resistors are doing to your music. All that measures is not all that matters. My first crossover was built with Radio Shack parts. When it sounded like absolute crap I called the designer who had given me the schematic to complain it sounds nowhere near as good as I heard in his shop. Second question he asked was what parts did I use? There's so many different choices, I haven't tried them all, but for sure the ones I have tried the more you spend the better they sound. Ten resistors for a buck from Radio Shack, and you really do get what you paid for, and it ain't much.

@millercarbon, I pretty much knew the answer when I asked the question. But I had to ask just to make sure.

The phono input loading resistors are very critical sonically.  The very best sounding in my experience are Audio Note 2w Silver Tantalums.  Second best are nude Vishay bulk foils.  Each is pretty expensive but well worth it in my opinion.

Buy Vishay Naked Foil resistors from Texas Components on ebay (it is the manufacturer), this is the best audio resistor in the universe for reasonable price, not a snake oil !  

Actually ZYX recommendation is not more than 1000 Ohm, but more than 100 Ohm like any typical MC. You can pretty much ignore it and try whatever value you like!