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Re: Eastern Electric Minimax phono pre

Which Karat do you have? The 17D MKII is known to be a BAD match for the minimax that Bill O'Connel recommended me against. It doesn't like the available loading settings and even when factory changed it doesn't sound great.

I don't think he'll mind if I drop an excerpt from this email:

"I don't think I would use the Karat as one of my
customers used that cartridge and was happier with his
Dyna-Vector 20xL. We even modded his phono for his Karat
and although I haven't heard from him, I think I would
have if he was happy, so with that in mind I don't
recommend the Karat."

That said, I've used it with the 20X-L with great results and am currently running it with a Denon DL-103 which is awesome as well. If the choice were mine, I'd change carts before phonostages--the minimax is a gem.


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