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My Dynavector DV 20 x---High or Low?

trying to sort out purchase of new phone pre, preferably another CJ product----above cartridge is on my Oracle Alexandria turntable (and no, I do not know which arm is on the turntable)---cartridge was purchased a few years ago, and I am not sure if it is High or Low, soI know not how to purchase new equipment. Or if I should possibly look at another move--lateral if necessary. Current system is CJ 250 S Power, CT 5 Pre, Vandy Quatros---does anyone know of how I can discern which cartridge I have? Cannot find an "h" or "l" visible on cartridge as I was told. Suggestions about any or all?
bluesnbike1954
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Well this one will handle either - and yes I do make them :-)

Liberty B2B-1

Rmemeber to click at the measurements tab to see the independently measured technical achievements of this little gem.

Good Listening

Peter
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I'd try contacting Mike Pranka at Dynavector USA. He should be able to help.
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What phono stage are you presently using? It appears that the CT5 is line-level only.

And what percentage of the volume control's range do you typically find yourself setting it at?

With that information, together with the info you supplied on the other components, it should be possible to tell which version of the cartridge you are using.

I assume that "250 S" refers to the ET-250S, which is spec'd as putting out 250 watts into 8 ohms for a 1.85 volt input. The CT5 is spec'd as providing 20 db gain (that would be with the volume control at max), and the speakers were measured by John Atkinson of Stereophile as being about 83db/2.83V/1m/~8 ohms. Those numbers together with the gain of the phono stage and the range of volume control positions you typically use should make it pretty easy to determine if the cartridge is the 2.8 mv or 0.3 mv version.

Or are you saying that you've never used it in your system, and you presently have no phono stage? In which case I have no suggestions beyond what the others have said.

Regards,
-- Al
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