I have a question about effective arm mass and loading at the end but let me start by saying this.
Bob, I'm using stock cables on all my gear. The ARC stuff does not have user removable AC cables and I'm not planning on delving that far into tweaking by removing the stock cables at the moment. The only device I have concerning power is a Furman power strip that everything is plugged into. I am familiar with the benefits of using power devices having borrowed one to try on my system in the past and I'd like to own one in the future.
Jafox/Dgarretson, I like the valuable information you've written. I will have to keep your posts close so when I'm going to plunk down some cash for new tubes I have some sort of reference. Plus I'd like to give the resistors a try. Thanks!
The cartridge is 9.5g and it's looking for a medium to high mass arm according to Benz's spec sheet. However, I'm not particularly sure what the JMW 9 Sig. arm mass is. Also, I've figured out that other than light bass there is a response bump at around 3.5K that gives music a more tense feel. I'm sure it doesn't help that the most sensitive area of hearing lies right around that frequency. My question is will changing the loading resistance help this bump? I'm loading at around 2.5K/60pF(cable capacitance), the cartridge Z is 95ohms, Benz says load >1000ohm but I've heard about a 2.5/1 loading ratio which would put it @ 237.5. What should I expect if I drop loading to that even though Benz suggests 1K minimum?
Bob, I'm using stock cables on all my gear. The ARC stuff does not have user removable AC cables and I'm not planning on delving that far into tweaking by removing the stock cables at the moment. The only device I have concerning power is a Furman power strip that everything is plugged into. I am familiar with the benefits of using power devices having borrowed one to try on my system in the past and I'd like to own one in the future.
Jafox/Dgarretson, I like the valuable information you've written. I will have to keep your posts close so when I'm going to plunk down some cash for new tubes I have some sort of reference. Plus I'd like to give the resistors a try. Thanks!
The cartridge is 9.5g and it's looking for a medium to high mass arm according to Benz's spec sheet. However, I'm not particularly sure what the JMW 9 Sig. arm mass is. Also, I've figured out that other than light bass there is a response bump at around 3.5K that gives music a more tense feel. I'm sure it doesn't help that the most sensitive area of hearing lies right around that frequency. My question is will changing the loading resistance help this bump? I'm loading at around 2.5K/60pF(cable capacitance), the cartridge Z is 95ohms, Benz says load >1000ohm but I've heard about a 2.5/1 loading ratio which would put it @ 237.5. What should I expect if I drop loading to that even though Benz suggests 1K minimum?