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Originally Posted by mole42uk
Shure M75ED2. Reckons to be good into 47kΩ @ 400-500pF but the cable alone is 300pF and I don't know how to calculate the amplifier input capacitance. I have read that the Shure cartridge sounds better into a lower capacitance so maybe there's room to play around there.
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There's always somebody on a forum (not usually this one, to be fair) who thinks they know better than the manufacturer. Shures, most pickups come to that, work best and give the flattest response into the recommended load. This series did have the vestiges of the mild upper mid range dip which was evident in the V15/ii and ameliorated in the V15/ii Improved and 75t2 series, but reducing the load capacitance doesn't improve matters. That said, there's no harm in having some margin to play with - SME supplied the III series with low capacitance cables and a little 300pF cap in the phono plugs which you could snip out if you were using a cartridge which wanted to see a lower capacitance, like the contemporary Ortofons.