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Cartridge for OTO

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Posted on October 22, 2009 at 04:16:20
reneb
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 I am looking for a cartridge for my phono OTO.
The arm will be an Audiomods rega.
One obvious option I guess would be an IQ2 or 3.
Another might be the cartridge man's Music Maker which has an output of 0.4 V.
This is lower then the AN IQ's so my question is, would this still be a good match for the amp or not?

Any other suggestions are welcome.

I do have a Denon 103D and could use this but I would need a MC step up and preferably one that could be used with other cartridges since I'm not sure about staying with the Denon.

AN's step ups are not switchable and therefore less versatile.

RE: Cartridge for OTO, posted on October 22, 2009 at 10:13:38
Frank E
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 The online info for the Music Maker indicates 4.0mV(0.004V), which is average for an MM cartridge, and will match perfectly with the Oto phono stage.

As you've already indicated, the Denon 103D's output is 0.25mV, or less than 1/10 of the output of the Music Maker, so you've lost at least 20db right off the bat, and without a SUT will sound like a clock radio with the Oto.

I've used DIY Lundahl and Cinemag SUT's and each works well when matched with an amp (whole system actually) that complements it well. With my ANKits M2 and Oto, the Cinemag is much better than the Lundahl, but with other more dense sounding amps, the Lundahl is better. There are sellers of SUT boxes on Vinyl Forum (ask over there if interested) that could make custom switchable ratios for you, and perhaps Brian at ANkits may also.

RE: Cartridge for OTO, posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:22:43
horny
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 The difference in output is almost not hearable
and the Musicmnaker is a wonderfull cart but the Classic is much better than the mk3
if you interested i have a almost new Musicmaker Classic it played max 20 hours but more like 10 hours
It worked great on my audionote phono pre .
i will sell it now because i can buy a very very good mc amp

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