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Load impedance - cartridge output

The Denon DL-102 cartridge is rated at [roughly] 240 ohms. My phono preamp provides max MC load of 400 ohms. Ideally [?] load impedance should be at least 5-times greater than cartridge output impedance—meaning the 102 should be loaded to at least 1000 ohms [as Denon recommends] 1] What are the sonic consequences of my "under loading" and 2] how can it be corrected [resistor, etc.]? Thanks in advance.

As a note, I can’t use the phono preamp MM input as it’s being used by another arm [with MM cartridge].


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Topic - Load impedance - cartridge output - rontokyo 00:08:55 09/08/06 (8)


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