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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Seduction => Topic started by: vynyltap on May 23, 2010, 12:49:48 PM

Title: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: vynyltap on May 23, 2010, 12:49:48 PM

Subject pretty much says it all - will I have any chance of overloading the Seduction / C4S combo with a Goldring 1042?

I heard one of these cartridges recently and was quite impressed.

Title: Re: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on May 23, 2010, 01:21:22 PM

I have a Rega cartridge at 6.8mv that has been just fine with 3 Seductions, an Eros, and the Tube Phono. 

Title: Re: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: debk on May 23, 2010, 03:01:08 PM

 I using a Goldring 1012GX (6.5mV ) with my Seduction and it sounds great.

Thinking of upgrading the stylus to the 1042

Debra

Title: Re: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: Paul Joppa on May 23, 2010, 05:20:19 PM

Seduction can take a midband input of around 200mV - few cartridges can generate that much!

Headroom across the frequency band gets pretty complicated, allowing for the RIAA equalization and recording limitations, which is why I just quote an approximate "midband" figure. The first stage can take nearly a volt. That would clip the second stage in the bass where the equalization does not attenuate much, but a velocity cartridge (i.e. any magnetic cart - moving magnet, moving iron, or moving coil) can't generate much voltage at low frequencies because the groove spacing is limited. You get the idea ...

Title: Re: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: vynyltap on May 27, 2010, 04:51:54 PM

Thanks everyone - placed an order for one!

Title: Re: Will a 6.5mv Goldring 1042 potentially overload a Seduction with C4S?
Post by: debk on May 28, 2010, 12:25:35 PM

You will be very happy. I just ordered the 1042 stylus, will let you know what I think when I get it

Debra