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Manley Chinook - setting for Ortofon Quintet Black S

I am interested in advice.

I have a VPI Classic 2 turntable (10.5 tonearm) with an Ortofon Quintet Black S cartridge.  Using a Morrow Audio Ph6 phono interconnect (1 meter long).

I recently purchased the Manley Chinook phono pre-amp, which has many options including, gain, load capacitance, and resultant load.

Your personal recommendation on set-up would be greatly appreciated.

  1. What would you suggest I set for 45db or 60db gain? 
  2. What would you suggest load capacitance be set at?
    • 0pF, 50pF, 100pF, 150pF, 200pF, 250pF, 300pF, 350pF
  3. What would you suggest resultant load be set at?  
    • 26ohm, 30ohm, 40, 50,80, 115, 160, 265, 397, 47000
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tjjunk OP
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thanks

I purchased the Chinook last November and did not play around a lot.

In August of this year, I acquired Klipsch Cornwall III's.

the two have drastically changed the sound, so much smoother, bigger, and cleaner.

As noted, I need to play around more.  Making the adjustments others mentioned make subtle tonal changes. I am trying to hone in on that 'live presence' type of sound. The Cornwall's have gotten me much closer than my previous Totem Hawk's. I think now it is just adjusting the Chinook.

I am still using my Threshold FET9. Once in a while, I flip back to the MC Phono built into it. It does a very good job, but the Chinook provides a generally overall smoothness. Maybe that is due to the tubes.

 

 

Thanks again to all contributors 

johnto
1,023 posts
 

If you call the manufacturer they can usually be very helpful with suggestions on settings.

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noromance
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@tjjunk further down the road you might look at tube rolling something like these into the Chinook. 

 

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