Ceramic cartridge phono stage options?
A good friend is wanting to try a ceramic cart on one of his many tables. The biggest issue is finding a phono stage that can handle the carts particular requirements. We have read countless forms post with no real solution other then DYI'ing a phone stage for it. Add to that no one can seem to come to a solid design that more then one person can agree on.
Do any of you have expedience with ceramic carts and their particular requirements? Is their an off the shelf phono stage for them anywhere out in internet land?
If your friend is not into DIY this may be the ticket to get him started (see link below). If he has a tube line preamplifier he could try running the ceramic through one of the line level inputs (I ran one through a Dynaco PAS once and it was OK). https://www.kabusa.com/cermag.htm
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Elliott: The rec for running the ceramic to "line" in a tube preamp was for sans the KAB gizmo (same as I did in 1977 with a PAS 3). The KAB would be used with a SS preamp (following the manufacturer's directions). As a tube line preamp is available there should be no need for the KAB unit, though I would be curious to try it anyway (as directed).
DeKay
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Elliott: No one here (that I can tell) is recommending plugging a KAB CERMAG into a line level input. The OP's friend can however run the ceramic directly to the line level input of his tube/Nagra preamp and give it a whirl. Ceramics are also said to be compatible with the line inputs of some FET based preamps, but I'm not very familiar with them.
DeKay |
