Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman

i am a buyer for the used Hagerman! lines are forming left and right…..

PL was astute in asking for a schematic BEFORE the Scotch…it may matter what comes just after that oh so easy to change input R..

And Mijo, where are you buying laser trimmed Vishay R for $.75 ? 

The finest Vishay nude resistor costs more like $13. Caddock TF030 costs about $7 each and is nearly as good, maybe indistinguishable. For phono loading, quality counts but the watt requirement is tiny. The change in load resistance is compatible with any MC cartridge. There are no cartridges that “require” 100 ohms. So there’s no need to determine in advance whether one likes the Zephyr. And of course the change is not unreversable anyway, if one ever felt the need.

Audiogon, the land of “ nearly as good “ but with a penchant for Lagavulin. I prefer Talisker, small sliver of ice….

What is right after that input R ? Some dude who invented the cartridge in question seemed…interested in that…

Tomic, your point, other than the notion about personal preference, is lost on me. Can you be more explicit? Do you really not know what comes after the load R? I’m guessing that was rhetorical.