Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble?

@mijostyn For the Record, not one copy / paste presented in my last post had anything to do with the individual suggested by yourself as the one being identified.

On a completely different note, a very recent Health Issue that is very luckily discovered and is now undergoing the earliest treatment.

Has a Prognosis attached, that strongly suggests my forum activities are much better for my health, if exchanged for a use of available time, that is spent being more mobile and participating in light activities for the next upcoming months.

I am happy to initiate this new approach when convalescing, and put more time and intentions into my Grandchildren, Nature Photography and Recording Sound from the Natural Environment. These are the only real thing I can do, to help teach the G'children things that are a concern, as well as show how modern methods being adopted by Humans are really impacting on Local Flora - Fauna. This is part of a Country Wide initiative, to help Map locations that are showing where regenerative conservation action can be diverted to.   

I will be avoiding posting on this or other forums for the foreseeable future, maybe only using the forums I use, to keep the contacts I have communicated with, informed, enabling myself to complete a few outstanding visits to the homes of others when lengthy travel is able to be carried out by myself with no health concerns attached. 

@lalitk  : the first statement in your link by the manufacturer is:

" the EQVES line has become a successful example of devices with which you can color your analog system. "

If that " color " is what you want, that's it.

Btw,  do you know why Excel did not choosed ruby material in the cantilevers in its own cartridges been the manufacturer of Etsuro and instead used BORON material?.  Very simple ruby has not the superlative characteristic as boron or diamond in catilevers and Etsuro choosed ruby, ??? ? ! !  I mentioned these twice in other threads. Good luck with.

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Mulveling, I was surprised to read that the weight of the core of a SUT could per se be a positive virtue (the idea being more is better).  I say this because it is my understanding that an air core is potentially lowest in distortion, when it comes to inductors, and a transformer is basically two inductors placed side by side.  I am no expert on transformers, but I wonder what others with more knowledge might say. The problem with an air core is loss of efficiency, so you need more turns of wire in the coil for a given effect.

@pindac Good luck to you Sir in all your endeavors. 

@rauliruegas I know your preference for Boron and diamond cantilevers and I own both types of cantilever along with a cactus spine one. On a lark I purchased two Shure V15V bodies which were sold originally with MR styluses. Jico makes several stylus assemblies for this cartridge. Their most expensive is a Gyger S style stylus with a tapered ruby cantilever. They also offer the same stylus with a Boron cantilever for almost $200 less. The original cantilever was beryllium which due to its carcinogenic nature is no longer available. What do you think?