I have been using an Ortofon 2M Blue with a VPI Traveler and a Sutherland Insight phono for a few years now. I’m ready to try something new in the form of a Hana EL moving coil cartridge. My question is about loading.
Excel Sound recommends a loading of 400 ohms or more for the cartridge. I have sufficient gain at 60 dB for the 0.5 mV output, but my Insight has loads of 200 ohms and 1000 ohms, but nothing in-between. The internal impedance is 30 ohms.
Would 200 ohms or 1000 ohms be appropriate in this application? I don’t want to buy a cartridge that would be poorly suited for the phono; I’m not changing it out. Should I consider a non-invasive jumper modification that would yield a 400-500 ohm load? The loading in the Insight is set with jumper pins.
There is the Hana EH which would use a 47k ohm loading for the same price, but if I’m going MC, I thought I’d go all the way.
BTW, when would you use a 10K load? The older Sutherland designs had it, but some of the newer ones appear to have replaced it with a 470 ohm load.
Excel Sound recommends a loading of 400 ohms or more for the cartridge. I have sufficient gain at 60 dB for the 0.5 mV output, but my Insight has loads of 200 ohms and 1000 ohms, but nothing in-between. The internal impedance is 30 ohms.
Would 200 ohms or 1000 ohms be appropriate in this application? I don’t want to buy a cartridge that would be poorly suited for the phono; I’m not changing it out. Should I consider a non-invasive jumper modification that would yield a 400-500 ohm load? The loading in the Insight is set with jumper pins.
There is the Hana EH which would use a 47k ohm loading for the same price, but if I’m going MC, I thought I’d go all the way.
BTW, when would you use a 10K load? The older Sutherland designs had it, but some of the newer ones appear to have replaced it with a 470 ohm load.