caddock 132

The lift is worse into 47k! But yes thats correct - even at 100 ohms it will still have a lift and recess. They need cap loading - you cant get it right otherwise.

Previously I loaded with 330 pf - plus say 270 pF for the leads and tenoarm cable. Now however the only loading is the 20cm of output lead from the transformer plus 5cm of cable internally. If I understand the effect of the stepup on capacitance correctly then only that part really matters and it is sure to be very low. It probably needs 30-50 pF - which will be seen as ten times that by the cartridge.

Some people load emts into an MC input with up to 1 nf.