Cartridge Loading- Benz LO.4

Doug- Thanks for the insight. I'm guessing that loading is kinda on a log scale in that going from 200 to 400 is a bigger jump that going from 22K to 22.5K? Sounds like I'll need a buch of resistors- do I need anyting fancy or do I just go down to Rat Shack and get the ones off their shelf?

Thanks
Jim

Oops! It's definitely a log scale when running through trannies. Now that you mention it, I'm not 100% sure when going directly to a phono stage. Do a search for "loading" posts by John Ellison on Vinyl Asylum, or just ask him. He knows the math of this stuff backwards.

You could get cheap resistors for testing, then one pair of good ones once you find the spot you like. Or check with John Chapman at BentAudio. www.bentaudio.com

He sold me 12 pairs of decent quality resistors for $15 with my trannies. He provides bits and pieces to DIY folks all the time, so I suppose he'd put a batch together for you.

I found that my Glider L2 sounded much more three dimensional when loaded down in the 100 ohm range. At 47K, the std in my CAT or using the 22k (if that's what it is which a Benz PP-1, it sounded flat and relatively lifeless. I have not yet started playing around with the 4 loading steps on my new Supratek, but there was a dramatic difference going low. Give it a try.

Thanks, Swamp. I'm going to try to "bracket" 100 and 20K to start. I'm guessing that the next step is probably going to be 10K, then 5K, 2K and 1K, if necessary. From what you all have been saying, I should probably ultimately end up somewhere between 100 and 1000. Thanks for everyone's input.

I think you are right on Jimbo. I would expect that you would end up in that range (100-1K).