Recommendation for Ortofon 2m Bronze cartridge setting

[willischulz]

Hi, being confused as to what would be the right setting on the XSP-1 for an Ortofon 2M Bronze cartridge?

1K? 470? 100? or 47? Confused about the different nomenclatures. The Ortofon recommended load resistance is 47 kOhm.

Thanks for any suggestions or experience.

[jackpine]

Set it to MM for moving magnet. There is no adjustment to make for resistance with moving magnet. The XPS-1 is 47kOhm in moving magnet which is sort of industry standard.

[willischulz]

Thanks Jackpine. My bad ... I realize that this is a Moving Magnet cartridge and NOT an MC! I guess I saw this in Ortofon's literature and mis-read it:
"To obtain a flat frequency response as with a Moving Coil cartridge we are using the slit pole pins to reduce the eddy current."
No wonder it was s*cking! First time I ever made this mistake, all of my last cartridges were MC-type.

What was I thinking?  (not much, obviously...)

[jackpine]

I think I knew the answer because I've made the same mistake before.