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Koetsu owners cartridge set up ?

Hai, my first ever thread started on audiogon, champagne!!!

(joking) I m just curious how other koetsu users set up theirs .
Having owned it now for 3 months .
First having tried the 100 ohm setting on the nagra ,as the advice seems to be 30 ohms (not possible on the plp)but as there is no koetsu factory site im only guessing.
I now notice much improvement however as i set it to 1 kohm , more dynamics /precision /speed ,this was the same for the condor to which i listened a couple of years ,this was the advised setting for the condor though ,so no problem there, but as i got lower with condor i had the same problem.
Further i set the tracking weight to around 2 grams which seems to be average although i read 1.90 grams also a lot.
My arm is not level but raised a bit at the back.
andromedaaudio
hevac1
811 posts
 

I have the Urushi black. I use 1k ohm and have been very happy. I tryed many different settings and found that to be best for my system. I also like the 47K setting but not as much.
BTW I have the Nagra VPS. My weight is also 1.90 no problem, recommended is 1.8-2.0.
dgad
782 posts
 
Do what sounds best. 1kOhm is what I used on an Urushi. But your own ears will be the best judge as all phono stages are different.
nolitan
865 posts
 
1k ohm is actually 100 ohms in real life loading. That is the recommended loading for the koetsu. Although mine is at 150 ohms at the moment and i'm happy with it.
samhar
1,034 posts
 
When I used a Urushi Black with the XOno the settings were 475ohms, VTF 1.922 and the tail was lifted slightly. I also used it with a Joule OPS-1 @ 47kohms with a VTF 1.922 was the last setting, tried 1.863 - 1.960. I switched carts before the 1kohm resistors for the OPS-1 came, I think it would have sounded better at that loading.
franks
150 posts
 
I have a Koetsu jade. The ballpark starting point for loading a MC is 25 x resistance (5ohms) thus 125 ohms for a Koetsu.
I run mine at 500-1000 ohms. I tried 100 ohms and it was too closed in. I've also run it at 47 kohms but I think it sounds more organic below 1000 ohms.
I've noticed that people with good tube preamps tend to run them higher than with solid state. I think above 1000 ohms you lose some of the magic, IMHO.
VTF is set at 1.95 gms with the back of the cartridge very slightly down.
There's no one perfect set up. Try 100, 500, and 1000 and fine tune from there.
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