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In Reply to: RE: I found some measurements for the Pickering XLZ-7500s... posted by flood2 on July 26, 2020 at 17:24:35:
Well, I prefer cartridges with lower coil inductance. For example, the Audio Technica AT-ART9 has only 25-microhenry coil inductance with an output voltage of 0.1-mV/cm/s. In other words, the AT-ART9 has 60-times lower inductance than the XLZ-7500s with nearly twice the output voltage.
However, I'm not really concerned about output voltage because I have a phono stage that can handle cartridges with rated outputs as low as 50-microvolts. My favorite cartridge to date is the Audio Technica AT-ART7 with only 8-microhenry coil inductance and a rated output of 0.12-mV.
If I had the money, I'd buy the Audio Technica AT-ART1000, which has only 1-microhenry coil inductance with a rated output of 0.2-mV. Unfortunately, it costs $5000 and I'm not willing to spend that kind of money for a phono cartridge.
Nevertheless, I've found that cartridges with lower coil inductance sound better than cartridges with higher coil inductance. A friend of mine owns the AT-ART1000 and he sent me hi-rez digital recordings made from that cartridge. They are the best sounding vinyl recordings I've ever heard.
To each his own!
Best regards,
John Elison
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- RE: I found some measurements for the Pickering XLZ-7500s... - John Elison 18:27:22 07/26/20 (5)
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- RE: I found some measurements for the Pickering XLZ-7500s... - John Elison 09:12:06 07/27/20 (3)
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