Tranfiguration Orpheus description

Andrew, thanks for the report (so far.) I think you'll find that when fully broken in (125-150 hrs) you'll be able to lower the load on the O to a more permanent setting of 55 - 65 ohms while maintaining all the highs and picking up even more bass.

Additionally, when fully broken in, the compliance will be at its full spec'd value and then you'll be able to drop the VTF a tad, thus increasing detail while still maintaining good tracking. From what you're saying about the bass now, it should be just amazing in another 60 hours at a lower load.

Nsgarch,

Very good points. In fact I was thinking about drawing the same conclusion on my previous post but wasn't able to remember everything. In Doug's system, 47K was virtually unlistenable. Maybe his system is so resoved that this was picked up.

When I said that maybe something higher in loading above 200ohms might be desireable, this essentially implied that since the cartridge wasn't fully broken in we had to up the loading to get more pronounced mid/high end performance. Essentially to compensate for the shading of the highs in a deisreable loading range, as a result of insufficient break-in, we had to force more stridency by increasing the loading. I can't imagine how bad it might sound at 47K once fully broken in.

Per your suggestion, I'll try re-experimenting with VTF once fully broken-in.

Like you said before. Be patient and wait for everything to come into place at the lower loading.

By the way, I just picked up a copy of Sonic Fireworks Vol 1. I'm starting to feel bad for the neighbors.

Doug, or Andrew, were you using an outboard tansformer? I'm curious to know how you accomplished the load changes.

Thanks for the report Andrew! Maybe before too long we can do a 3-way comparison with the XV-1s, which I know to be a step below the Universe.

Andrew,great post!!I must admit we did not try the loading,other than the 47ohm spec.DRATS!!I definitely dropped the ball here,last Friday,but in the past,with Tranny's,we did stay for quite some time(weeks),at 60 and 100 ohms.Always finding our way back to 47 ohms.Sorry,but in my friend's(mine is the same) phonostage that did not give the results you heard.Also,there was a steady stream of music lovers about,who did not complain about the 47 load,as we compared it to the others.This has to be system dependent(I hope,or I may need a new hearing check-up).
I am quite disappointed in myself,that I did not remember to at least check this,last week,as for all I know,the "O" may wind up being better elsewhere.But it sounded just fine to us(then and again,the Temper-v may be lower in performance than the "UNI",which could have exposed these things).I am certainly not about to spend another 40 bucks in gas/tolls,to find out,this week.BTW, I would like to see if more input on downforce appears from other owners of the "O".The distributor was pretty adamant about being closer to 2.0 gms(Bc3,stated this,and wound up at 1.97,which seems a good point of finality).Once we got up there,with good performance at hand,my friend was not too inclined to let me do too much playing,beyond that.
I anxiously await the post by Doug(an understatement),and am actually quite happy with the results found.Fortunately I own no stock in any of these companies,and am in NO camp(on any components,actually),so I am happy to accept the "found" results,as a good guideline.You guys must have had a grand old time!How much fun is a good listening session,shared with other obsessed(in the best way)hobbyist/music lovers?
My only complaint is ......
You could have given some more explicit input,as to exactly what wines were SO enjoyed.Those,I can actually go out and buy,in the here and now!This business of "coils gone wild",takes a little more time to save up for!-:)
Best!
Mark

Wait, those values are way to big for transformer loading.