(13-Jan-2020, 21:13)Greg Wrote:Hi Greg. I came to the same conclusion and decided not to purchase the cartridge. It has to be said that my current Rega Apheta 2 with 0.35mV sounds wonderful with no discernable noise, but I do also think 0.2 is a big ask. Kind regards, Douglas(13-Jan-2020, 19:03)douglas Wrote: It would be great to hear from users with low output carts, < 0.3 mVI wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole unless you intend to use a separate phono amp (some will recommend step up transformers but I will not because I don’t like their non-linear performance). My Ortofon Kontrapunct B has an output of 0.47mV and using the Devialet phonostage, it hisses even after exploring all configuration options. To my mind, 0.2mV would be a non-starter noise wise.
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