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No, the output is already half once it leaves the cartridge.

The cartridge "produces" half the voltage of the unloaded condition. It is not a case of the "full voltage" hitting a "resistor brick wall" and being reduced.

The secondary "sees" the load impedance and reflects it to the cartridge through the transformer primary. The load on/at the coils of the cartridge is X or 1/2X or whatever the transformer presents it.

There may be some good reasons (that I don't know) to put the additional parallel resistor at the preamp but that is not one of them.

Sorry. :-)

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  • No, the output is already half once it leaves the cartridge. - Garth 22:23:40 10/03/06 (3)


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