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RE: Stanton/ Pickering cartridge loading

Posted by flood2 (A) on December 1, 2013 at 17:57:57

In Reply to: Stanton/ Pickering cartridge loading posted by tubeflash on November 29, 2013 at 14:55:01:

Hi

I presume you are referring to a D4500Q? Just a headsup that the 881/XSV4000 bodies are not an ideal match since the coil inductance is nominally 510mH (and DC resistance is 900ohms) which puts the electrical resonance of these bodies around 13kHz depending on the load impedance of your phono stage. The original XUV had a coil inductance of 290mH (DC resistance 600 ohms) and when driving a 100k input impedance would take full advantage of the mechanical resonance which is not as damped so that the 30kHz carrier is recovered at a greater amplitude.

The short answer is that while it will "work" the frequency response will not be flat and may have a lump in it!

If you can get a CS100 or XSV3000 body then you will get a very flat response with a load of 47k. (See attached jpg which is from the white noise phasing test on the Ortofon test disc) I use one in my CS100 and it sounds wonderful and tracks like a leech. I tried it in an 881 body for laughs and was not surprised that it sounded a bit "odd". Bright, but shut in. Not a good pairing to be honest. Unfortunately I don't have the white noise analysis for this pairing to hand, but from memory there was a lump around 14kHz and then a roll off.
Regards Anthony

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