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Proper loading for Benz Ruby 2

Hi,
I have a Pass Labs XONO, SOTA cosmos, Graham 2.2 and the Ruby2.
What is the optimum loading for this cartridge?
I plan to do a very extended listening trial after Thanksgiving but Im looking for tips.
I started with 47k ohms as I read on the web that 22k was optimum. I was pretty impressed with the music from this new rig. Seems to blow away any expectation I had. Resolution and musicality to die for!
After a week, I changed the loading to 1k ohms and listened to a few lps but could not make an extended comparison.
Any others ideas would be appreciated as when I talked to a few people at the usual lp places; they thought I was crazy to use 47k ohms.
Thanks,
Tom
raincheck
guinness
48 posts
 
I used 475 and 825 with my Xono and Ruby 2. I'm not sure which I settled on since I replaced it with different preamp with a phono section.

I found 1k ohm to bright and below 475 the bass gets too loose. Good listening!

Relax, have a Kasteel Donker and listen to some Edgar Froese...
corby
80 posts
 
i spoke to the distributor (tricell in canada) about my benz ebony H and my H20 and they recommended 800 ohms for both. on my rhea, for the H20, i find that to be too dark, i float between 1000 and 5000. my ebony has a fixed 47k resistor in my foundation research V5 phono stage and it sounds fine. so i believe phono cartridges do react differently with phono stages. it's a trial and error thing, like most other aspects of this hobby.
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
1000 ohms is best I'm told, that's what I'm using and it sounds great. Using that load modded onto my Benz Lucaschek T-9 with custom build power supply. Sounds fantastic.. cant' wait to upgrade to Benz LP.
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curio
305 posts
 
Lucaschek T-9 works at 22.000ohms. but it's thought and built to work at that load for the Benz Ruby and LP
If you try the same load on another phono stage you 'll see it isn't correct.
I have always loaded my Benz LP with 470ohms , to my ears the best load on the Whest Audio PS30 RDT and now on the SE
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
p.s. my T-9 is modded with 1 kilo-ohm mills resistor, and sounds great.
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