Channel D Lino C vs. Sutherland Little Loco

@lewn There is a self charging mechanism in the Lino C 2.2. The unit kicks into charging mode after ten minutes of not receiving an audio signal. A fully charged battery takes several hours and should be good for 20 hours of listening, so really no need for a warning trigger.

The previous interchange regarding the battery led me to believe that maybe it was not re-chargeable, which did not make sense.  Thanks for the clarification.

I have become very interested in the Lino C phono pre after reading through this thread. I see from the Lino website that they do not incorporate DC blocking caps in their designs. Is that standard practice for phono pre's not to use blocking caps or could that be an area for potential problems?

No it’s not “standard”. If there’s DC offset, it is generally blocked with a capacitor, but it’s possible to design especially a solid state preamp so there is no dc offset. Another method is to use a servo to cancel DC at the output. It’s always considered good practice to eliminate DC at the output one way or another.

@lewm 

I appreciate the response.

On the Channel D website they have photos of the Seta L transimpedance/voltage mode phono preamp circuit boards and a list of the shown circuits, and one of the circuits listed is a DC servo circuit, which I am assuming is the circuit that cancels the DC offset. I am also assuming that same or similar circuit is used in their Lino C line of phono preamps.

Do you mind me asking what you use for a phono pre?