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Linn Linto and Ortofon Rondo Red

I have the Ortofon Rondo Red set on a heavily modified Rega Planar 3 (cables, weight, VTA adjuster, motor).
I'm looking for a phonostage.
A friend can bring me the good old Linn linto phonostage from the US.
It means that I cannot try the combination.

Linn Linto and Ortofon Rondo Red : Will the 2 fit ?
Both are highly praised units. If I jusge by the specs they do fit but I'm wondering if anybosy here tried this combination...

Rondo red:
Recommended load impedance 10-200 Ohm

Linn linto:
The input impedance measured 165 ohms at 1kHz

http://www.ortofon.com/products/cartridges/moving-coil/mc-rondo-series/mc-rondo-red
triskadecaphobic
triskadecaphobic OP
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Thanks Dtc :-)
larryi
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I thought about waiting till tomorrow, 6-13-13 to respond, but, I will do so now, because you might be "indisposed" tomorrow.

I had a Linto a while back and liked it a lot. It has a lively and engaging sound. I used it with a Lyra Helikon. A friend has it now and has used it with several different cartridges and it seems to work well with a wide variety of cartridges.

While a fixed load may make it seem less flexible than other phonostages, the chosen value should work well with most cartridges. I tend to not like cartridges loaded down excessively (i.e., LOWER resistance value, such as 50 ohms) so anything above 120 ohms or so would work for me with most cartridges.
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dtc
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Here is the original Stereophile review. Obviously, they liked it a lot.

Stereophile Review of Linn Linto

The review discusses the loading issue. Linn decided that a loading network introduced too much noise into the signal.

I agree with Larryi that the Linto is lively and engaging.

You used to see these used here on Audigon but there are pretty rare these days. Anyone who has one is not giving it up.
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