Owner`s manual

USAGE SUGGESTIONS (continued)
The power cord can have audible effects! A good cable is recommended.
The Sound Anchors equipment stand and the Silent Running stands are the finest we have seen. They are highly
recommended. Use them in conjunction with the Ultra Resolution Technologies vibration damping platform.
NavCom Silencers or other anti-vibration pads can be helpful as are tube damping rings.
Most cartridges with more than 0.15mv seem to work fine. The higher the output the better, tempered with a
musical presentation. Some recommended choices: The Grado Statement and Master Reference, Lyra series, ZYX
and Micro Benz. There are of course many others.
If a high output cartridge is used, a jumper plug that replaces one of the phono tubes can be installed to reduce
gain. Contact Atma-Sphere for details.
A moving coil step-up transformer option is also available for cartridges of less than 0.1mV. It can be used to
reduce noise, even with higher output cartridges, at a slight cost of musicality. The technique is to use the
aforementioned jumper plug as well. The gain tends to be similar to the normal phono section without the
transformer, only with about 15 db less noise. If you can, avoid the transformer option, it is likely that the sound
will be better; all transformers cause signal degradation.
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