Optimal Loading for Shelter 501 mk2

It's on the data sheet they provided with the cartridge.
It says,
Recommended load impedance:
step-up trans within 20 ohms
head amplifier within 100 ohm
high gain EQ-amplifier within 47k ohm

I am using a high gain amplifier whereas Doug uses the Bent transformers

I see, thanks. Must be an updated sheet, as mine does not include that third ("EQ") line.

I finally got around to playing around with a lower loading, per our discussions above.

To recap:

I have a Teres 255 with a Shelter 501 Mk II into a K&K phono stage that includes a 20db (1:10) Lundahl step-up. I have been running happily with 100 ohms loading (using 10k Caddock resistors per the K&K loading kit).

Doug's using 38 ohms with his Bent transormers got some of us wondering if a lower loading would be better. I split the difference and went to 75 ohms (7.5k Caddocks).

That experiment didn't work out well, as I lost the bass. So 100 ohms seems like the right balance between bass and highs: I am sticking with it.

William,

Lowering the load seen by the cartridge *reduced* bass? That doesn't make sense to me at all. Should be the other way around.

Do you live in Australia? ;-)

Doug,

Not Australia: but I do live in Northern California, which some think ='s the opposite of the rest of the U.S.

But I do see your point about the loading. I'll get back to ya and the thread after more testing...

(as an aside -- did you ever try the Buggtussel cleaner on a moldy record?)