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Fatmangolf 
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I've yet to make a cable that comes close to the Cusat50 so I can see why you split a long pair with DIY connectors. In connecting my EXP and M I found the minimum bending radius of the Cusat coax cable stopped me stacking them and in practice the 0.6m pair made by John C did nicely for me. As far as the phono plugs go the same suppler is on Amazon with bulk discounts. |
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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mikeyinmanziana
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Hi there everyone, I'm a long time lapsed member looking for somewhere to start on the forum and load impedances and MC cartridges seems like a good place to start.
My current cartridge is a VdH Gold Frog and Although I was initially impressed with some of the detail it uncovered i felt it lacked some bass and a bit of general attack. I'm a bit of a hifi Robinson Crusoe, i have zero exposure to other systems and my main point of contact with the hifi world here in the etruscan countryside north of Rome is the guy about 40 km away who rebuilds my pre amp if an electrical storm gets past the house fuses set up. Anyway back to the plot. I run an Elevator/ Reflex MC set up into an old (but well serviced) Chord CPA220 pre amp. After exchanging emails with Graham and John at GSP and Alt Jouk VdH i experimented with the cartridge load by adding a 270 ohm resistor in parallel with each channel into the Elevator using the 840 ohm input to raise each channel's load to about 208 ohms. It definitely changed the sound, seeming to give it more impact and general low level oomph. However after living with this option for a few months i find myself back on the 100 ohm setting with no parallel wired resistors. The general improved clarity and system speed seem better to my ears at the lower impedance. Not sure how much info i'm providing but its good therapy for me. (ho,ho.) If anyone's intersted my system consists of Nottingham Ace Spacedeck (+ external power supply) Hadcock 242 arm with Incognito wiring VdH Gold Frog cartridge Graham Slee Elevator / Reflex ERA Gold Restored CuSat50 interconnect Chord CPA 2200 pre amp 2 Michell Alecto 1 mono blocks uprated by Graham Fowler ATC scm40 speakers, bi amped old but sweet Lumley silver interconnects and speaker cables. so that's about it, i'll go now regards to all GSP and british hifi fans. M in M |
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Fatmangolf
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Welcome back. Happy listening with your cartridge and refined loading. Have you got a playlist of records?
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Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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