What is a moving coil step up transformer?

What is a moving coil step up transformer?

“A step-up transformer is a passive gain stage that works by swapping the high current and low voltage of a moving-coil phono cartridge for the high voltage and low current required by a phono preamplifier.”

What is a SUT transformer?

Step-Up Transformers (SUT) are a serious option for anyone who owns a Moving Coil (MC) cartridge, one that can significantly improve both the sound quality and sonic character. Quite simply, a good transformer is the best way to audition an MC cartridge with the highest performance possible.

What is an audio SUT?

OMA introduces an exclusive new line of step up transformers (SUT) under the Consolidated Audio brand for low output moving coil phono cartridges. These are designed and hand built by electrical engineer Michael Ulbrich in Berlin, Germany using nanocrystalline cores and silver wire.

What is a moving coil cartridge?

The Moving Coil (MC) Cartridge The moving coil-type cartridge reverses the position of the magnets and coils. Two coils are attached to the cantilever and move within the field of a fixed permanent magnet located inside the cartridge body to form the generator.

What is a MC head amp?

The Headspace is a moving coil headamp (also known as a pre-preamp) which does a similar job to a step-up transformer, ie raises the output of moving coil cartridges up to moving magnet level, but does so with transistors rather than transformers.

What is a low impedance cartridge?

Since the cartridge works in the Current Domain, a lower impedance cartridge generates more current in the circuit, and consequently the signal quality gets higher with less noise.

Is a moving coil cartridge worth it?

Pros of Moving Coil cartridges Since the coils on a moving coil cartridge are lighter than a magnet, the process of transferring vibrations into an electrical signal is more fluid, which means the tracking, frequency response, and overall sound quality are often more precise and high-quality.

How much gain does a moving coil cartridge need?

3mV cartridge you will need about 60-65db of gain to get you to a reasonable @2.0V output line level. For a 3.0mv output you probably only need 40-50db of gain. So it’s all about the cartridge output level and the gain needed to reach a standard 2.0V line level signal.

How does a moving iron cartridge work?

A moving-coil cartridge basically reverses the moving-magnet design by attaching the coils to the stylus cantilever while the permanent magnet is positioned in close proximity to the coils. With an output of around 100 µV to 300 µV, MCCs are very susceptible to noise and hum.

What do you need for a moving coil cartridge?

Moving Coil Cartridges Require a Phono Preamp Excluding the gain, load impedance (or electrical resistance) is the electrical property to which a low output MC is most sensitive. Look at it as how the phono preamp tames an otherwise erratic signal.

Can you replace the stylus on a moving coil cartridge?

Ortofon Aftersales Services Styli in Moving Coil cartridges are non-replaceable.

Which is better moving coil or moving magnet?