I don’t think I’ve ever understood the need to add extra capacitance. I always understood that lower is better (and confirmed by J. Carr, the Lyra designer), which means no cap plug for the SL, at least for Lyra cartridges. Lower capacitance also means you need less loading generally. Why do people need to increase capacitance? Maybe it’s a Linn thing?
I tried 10k for my Atlas and it did not sound good.
I found that adding a tiny bit of capacitance (1nf) gave a slight improvement to the sense of timing, snap and tension to the music compared to running without any capacitance at all.
With a DV 17D3 on my Schröder and 470Ω loading 1nF made the difference between emotional engagement and none, though it wasn’t so much that I didn’t miss my SPU Royal N which was in need of a rebuild.
Previously I’d used the 17D3 on an Aro and there 470pF was the sweet spot. I initially added 1nF to combat some radio pickup, I think it was Roy who suggested I try 470pF and I kept it even after curing the radio pickup with a move to Fraim (not why I made the move and I can only guess as to why it worked).
OK. I’d bet that likely has something to do with the tonearm cable more than anything else. I use a Clearaudio Universal tonearm, so I’m guessing you have something different than that.
I’ve added the 1nf with a Dynavector cartridge too and yes, it did give some improvement.
It’s whatever Rega use on the RB2000.
Ultimately it won’t matter for me because I’ve pretty much decided on the Boulder 1108 phono-stage and plan to get it in 2025. At that point I’ll have both my tonearms re-terminated for the balanced connections on the Boulder.
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