Best resistors for use in phono stage?

What passes through the loading resister goes to ground.  The signal going to the rest of the phono stage does not pass through this resistor.  Can it still affect the sound?  I don’t know for certain, but, I suspect that it matters, but it is not as critical as other components more directly in the signal path.

Nice info. This is the sort of discussion I was hoping for.

I’m confused as a novice, if what passes through the resistor goes to ground, how do resistor values affect SQ? IE: cartridge performance?

I’m confused as a novice, if what passes through the resistor goes to ground, how do resistor values affect SQ? IE: cartridge performance?

To an extent what is going to ground is pulling down the signal that to going to the phono stage.

So it doesn’t matter if it is in series or shunting, if the resistor were a flickering switch you still get flicking levels coming out of the phono stage.

I think I see. Thanks!