Mark Levinson N32 owner manual setting the capacitive load

setting the capacitive load

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CLoad refers to the capacitive load the phono preamplifier presents to the cartridge. (Of course, any capacitance in the phono cables is beyond

the preamp’s control and should be added to this figure.) This number is normally 0.01∝F for moving coil (MC) cartridges, and can range from about 0pF to 350pF for moving magnets (MM).

Specifically, we include precision capacitor values of 0pF (“pico- Farad”), 50pF, 100pF, 150pF, 200pF, 250pF, 300pF, 350pF, plus 0.01 ∝F (“micro-Farad”).

The best choice for capacitive loading is whatever sounds the best with your MM cartridge—you cannot damage a cartridge by playing at the “wrong” capacitance. With the Nº32, for the first time, you can make this determination in real time, from your listening position, using the remote control to access this menu item.