Whats on your turntable tonight?

Hey E, sorry I misspelled your moniker above -- it was late and I was stupid ;^)

System apart on occasion of my better half rearranging the furniture (um, thanks honey, or something), so no listening to report :-(

On a brighter note however, I restrung one of my guitars that I've been neglecting for a couple of years ever since I got my last one and have been playing up a storm (that doesn't mean well, just a lot!)

No worries Z. It is good to be back on this thread with you and Rush and Slipknot.

Just installed my Morrow Audio phono cable after Mike repaired it.What a difference! Also reset my SUT for 1/15 ratio which raises the load to about 200 from the previous 60.
Bass is still great but the mids and highs are sounding much more nuanced.

Brubeck: "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia" Columbia "six eye"
Dire Straits: "Making Movies"
Bach: "Magnificat"Proprius
Sphere: "Flight Path"

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Hey E, I'm shortly expecting my new -- and first ever -- SUT, which will have 9X and 16X ratios. I've got a 2 week audition period, and it will be interesting to compare it against resistive loading. I do know that my phonostage sounds best at its low (MM) gain setting, so we'll see...

Z, the big question is what is the load that your MC cartridge requires. What kind of trannys are in it?
btw these things require a very long break in. The tiny voltage can take a year to get settled in.
I just built a new SUT tonight using Shure microphone trannies and so far they rock! The seller said that they had a 300 ohm secondary which is a little higher than my Beher trannys. But the big thing is that they are quieter.
Do you have a tube preamp with phono section? If so, I will bet that the MC setting uses Jfets. I would rather have a tube sounding phono by using a SUT with a tube MM section.

Edgard Varese "Offrandes/Integrales/Octandre/Ecuatorial"
Nonesuch
this is a weird (avante garde)piece that has very interesting and almost explosive sound.

Dire Straits "Dire Straits"

Al Stewart "Year of the Cat"

List "Les Preludes"

Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"

Christy Moore "Voyage"

Toto IV - wonderful harmonies on "I Won't Hold You Back".