Need help with Sutherland Ph.D. phonoamp

Steve and Ed,
Thank you for your responses. My settings are 60dB and 1000 ohms. I will try the setting you guys suggest when I get home tonight.
Again, many thanks.
John

Smokester, You may find this interesting. Or, you may find it totally boring. But it may be worth a read. In the least, it is a clear indication of cartridge loading variables. :>)

And, could you let us know of your final settings? Just for a reference. Thanks.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1077562228&openusid&zzBuscis2&4&5#Buscis2

Best of luck, Ed.

Ed,
No. Indeed I found it interesting and was just what I wanted. I guess I didn't quite do the right search of the archives before I started this new thread.

Course, the famous lack of documentation which "comes" with Koetsu's doen't help.
Many thanks,
John

My post indicated 100 Ohms, as in "one hundred Ohms", not 100k (one hundred thousand) Ohms or even one thoussand Ohms). Anything higher than 100 Ohms for a Koetsu does not load the cartridge sufficiently for good, warm full sound, but instead tends to brighten up the cartridge, often to compensate for too low a vertical tracking angle. The correct way is to use 100 Ohms and adjust the VTA to obtain the best frequency and focus balance. Other Koetsu owners should also contribute to this thread but most will tell you 100 Ohms is the correct load. I have an Urushi and Krell KPE Reference and ran extensive tests to determine that 100 Ohms was best. Also, check Koetsu's website (actually Musical Surroundings):
http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/koetsu.html

There you will see the load range as 5 Ohms to 100 kOhms.

Also check the thread: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1076019398&read&keyw&zzkoetsu