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Hi everyone, I was wondering if there were plans for a new model of the ADI-2/4 SE, maybe one which could handle MC carts? Is such a thing even possible...? Sorry to post here but I am curious and could not find any thread mentioning the subject.
All the best!
…one which could handle MC carts?!
Get a 2nd hand Ortofon T30 and you’ll never look back.
It can be used with high and low impedance MCs, and perfectly matches with ADI-2/4 Pro SE.
That combination is hard to beat.
Thanks a lot! Will travel back in time and buy one :-)
Thanks a lot! Will travel back in time and buy one :-)
Fortunately they were quite popular then because of the exceptional quality, which results in a good availability on the used market today.
Hard to find something better these days, and unbeatable flexibility with 5 well-stepped impedance settings.
Thanks a lot for the suggestion!
Sorry for resurrecting this thread but thumbing through the ADI 2/4 SE I see the following:
"For the rare case of a balanced connection of an MM cartridge: this requires an adapter to XLR or TRS, depending on
the available connection. Furthermore a resistor of 100 kOhm has to be soldered across the wire pair for correct termination, since the input has 90 kOhm impedance in balanced mode (90 k and 100 k result in the desired 47 kOhm)."
Does it mean that if my SUT provides a balanced output, the cables between the SUT and the RME have to be soldered with a 100 kOhm resistor? How would this look like exactly? Thank you very much.
"For the rare case of a balanced connection of an MM cartridge: this requires an adapter to XLR or TRS, depending on
the available connection. Furthermore a resistor of 100 kOhm has to be soldered across the wire pair for correct termination, since the input has 90 kOhm impedance in balanced mode (90 k and 100 k result in the desired 47 kOhm)."Does it mean that if my SUT provides a balanced output, the cables between the SUT and the RME have to be soldered with a 100 kOhm resistor? How would this look like exactly? Thank you very much.
If your Step Up Transformer offers balanced output (I don’t know any), a correct termination of 47 kOhm +/- 10% is still mandatory.
Else you get a strong high frequency boost from the SUT’s inductance resonating with the cable’s and ADI-2/4 Pro SE’s capacitance.
To do that, unscrew one XLR connector on each SUT->ADI-2 interconnect cable and solder a bridge resistor of 100 kOhm between the XLR pins designated 2+3.
Place a label sticker on the cables to mark their non-standard state for later reference.
Thanks a lot for your help!
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