David McGown wrote:
Well, I have the Goldring 1042 on the arm, set the gain to 36dbB, loading at 100pF, and this is definitely the best sound I have ever had out of this cartridge. Presentation not as big as the Benz Ruby 3, and not detailed, but it is nicely liquid and musical sounding. Now it IS a different arm than I used before (a earlier Jelco with damping). Maybe a knife bearing arm is that much better. Cartridge seems well behaved given the higher mass. I did use the subsonic filter on the RIAA to help protect against woofer pumping with the less than optimum resonance. I like!
David
David
I dusted off a 40-year-old cartridge that I modified maybe 25 years ago and am re-discovering it. It is an ADC 26 induced-magnet cartridge from the grand old days of vinyl prominence. It is loaded with 31-Kohm and 400-pf.
What caught me off guard with this cartridge was that in the past I found it to be only OK. My system has changed dramatically over these many years and really enables the ADC 26 to strut its stuff. It is competitive with just about any moving-coil cartridge out there as I have some serious pieces to compare against -- and that is saying a major mouthful!
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