Cartridges and phono settings

[Mikeeo]

Yes you are right, 3 dB will not be enough, I will test again with bigger change in gain at some point.
Though the 192 setting is to our ears smoother in the top freq but without losing details. Blind tried it with the wife as I couldn't trust myself, wanting to hear this or that

Well, try for your selfs/Mike

So did you hear some differences between 192 and 96?
I am really trying to figure out if it was all a figment of my immagination or if I really heard a difference.
I am trying again this weekend

Marco

Marco,

Yes I did or rather felt that it was. So I had to test it on the wife (blindly) and she also heard this (I did not tell anything about what I changed or what I had experienced).

/M

Thanks Mike.
To be honest with you I did the same thing with my 9 years old daughter who can hear a lot better than me the higher frequency. I had her listen the same record with both the settings several time without telling her what was the difference and she spotted all the time the 192. She also helped me to set the load of the cartridge....

Marco, thanks for the confirmation which actually means I can trust my ears to some extent Good that you have some ears in the home that you can trust, just like me.
I also noted that the noise difference between 96 and 192 was small or rather I had a hard time knowing if it was. Technically there should be more noise in the 192 setting. I am staying with my 192 setting as that addressed the small issue I had in the top freq.

Keep on enjoying/Mike