I got a nice new LP for Xmas I wanted to try out. Something was not right and felt too bright. I remembered I had last time I had used the TT I had been playing around with cartridge loading. So I decided to adjust my load back to the recommended level for my cart. You have to plug in resistorsrather than use a switch to change the loading in my clearaudio phono stage. I had changed from stock resistors a few years ago to some from Hifi Collective hifi grade ones and moved the sq up a notch. However the wire is a bit thicker than the supplied ones so getting them in is not always easy.
It seems I applied too much pressure as the whole part that you put the resistor in detached from the circuit board. They look to have snapped completely off. So now I can only use it full open at 47k which is not ideal for my cartridge as it’s recommended load is 400ohms
I might be able to repair it but it’s made me think the design is a bit flawed. So maybe in the market for a new phono stage that is MC ready with multiple loads. Don’t want to break the bank as I don’t use Vinyl much these days. Stageline is out as I don’t want to have a large Naim PSU to run it and I only have an Atom. Been eyeing up Arcam rPhono as it seems to hit all my requirements, I like Arcams kit in general as it’s well built, sounds great and good value and can likely get a used one for a good price. However open to other ideas. Deck is ClearAudio Concept with the Concept MC cart.