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I've had a Chinook since December.....still running it in but sounds awesome. I am a little confused about the capacitance switches.......I don't hear much of a difference on different settings and I've read that it has little to no effect with MC cartridges (I'm running a Dynavector XX2 mkII.). Any experiences with the different capacitance settings? I talked to Manley a little about it on the phone but pretty much got a "whichever sounds better to you is where it should be." Now I understand that and all, but their manual explains it in more scientific terms based on the capacitance values of your cables and cartridge, which apparently is impossible to find. Is it true that with a MC cartridge I shouldn't fuss with it?
Buck
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Yep......... loading on an MC cartridge often makes little difference. Or not. It is one of those "whatever sounds best to your is where it should be" things. For real. You can ask your IC maker what the capacitance is per foot or meter for your ICs. You may find more change in the sound from your cartridge by varying the resistive loading rather than the capacitance.
Not sure if Mikey Fremer at Stereophile has reviewed the Chinook, but one good thing about his reviews is, regardless of cartridge, he generally reports on the results of varying the two different loading parameters. May not be your cartridge he is using with the Chinook, but could provide some insight into what is possible.
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I just placed my order for a Chinook and just had a question.
Which input will the Chinook be plugging into on the back of my preamp? Line-in or MM phono-in? The terrible waiting begins. -Mike |
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The Chinook is a complete phono stage used in place of the built in phono stage of your preamp, so you feed its output to a line level input of your preamp. If you were just getting an MC step-up device like a transformer, then that would connect to the phono input.
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Yes, line in. Good choice for the money.
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Bill.......Real men don't need a stinking manual.
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Thanks for the help everyone!
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