Benz Ebony LP loading

I'd put the 499 ohms on it and see how it sounds. If the highs seem rolled off then go a little higher, but you may find that the 499 works just fine. I have the Ebony L, which is a little lower output. It seems to like 280 ohms or thereabouts, in my system.

I have a Joule LAP-150 MkII preamp and I use the Benz Ebony straight in, 47kohm. On this preamp you can change the loading with RCA plugs but Jud (the manufacturer of the preamp) uses the same cartridge and he told me to use it into 47 kohm. I did this and it sounds terrific, don't know if it could sound better.

If you don't know if it could sound better... it probably can! But that's the point, you haven't tried any other loading options.

When I first had the Benz LP new, I used 390 or 410 I forgot what the Aesthetix IO setting was, however I now use 1000ohms and it seems to work perfectly. I have not tried higher numerically numbers since the 1000 seems fine to me.

The users manual states >500 to 47K ohm.
Ciao,
Audioquest4life

I am using the 499 ohm resistor in the Ayre. After checking I noticed the cartridge was a cats whisker off of the exact setting of the overhang template. I can't believe that such a small correction could improve the sound so much!