Dear @ctlphd : You own one of the best ever phonolinepreamp and I know exactly why you are satisfied with.
Up-grade to a stand alone phono stage. ?. I know that the DMC 20 was developed many years ago but you can be sure that its design and quality implementation is second to none. Prof. Johnson is really special.
Some active/passive parts were custom made for Spectral in your unit and if you look at his today Preamp or Amplifier you will see and understand what I'm telling here.
I listened Spectral many times and I like it but in those old times and maybe today I never had the money to buy it.
In the other side maybe there is no single stand-alone PS that can beats the Spectral phono stage module in overall way it does not matters how much you pay for it.
Additional to that with a stand alone unit the signal will be degraded at highest levels than in your unit because the signal coming from the stand-alone unit has to pass through additional cables, solder junctions and several connectors.
Maybe you can find out a better option looking for a new Phonolinepreamp that you can test in your system before buy it.
Unfortunatelly Spectral is a low profile marketing manufacturer and its products are so advanced that only a few audiophiles can really appreciated.
Spectral is a TRUE reference in audio electronics and not as other designs that in its advertasings speaks of " reference ".
Spectral is the mark/challenge for any electronic audio designer.
I never heard/listen something bad coming from Prof. Johnson: electronics, subwoofers, LP recordings, CD's, etc, etc.
Good you own it.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
Up-grade to a stand alone phono stage. ?. I know that the DMC 20 was developed many years ago but you can be sure that its design and quality implementation is second to none. Prof. Johnson is really special.
Some active/passive parts were custom made for Spectral in your unit and if you look at his today Preamp or Amplifier you will see and understand what I'm telling here.
I listened Spectral many times and I like it but in those old times and maybe today I never had the money to buy it.
In the other side maybe there is no single stand-alone PS that can beats the Spectral phono stage module in overall way it does not matters how much you pay for it.
Additional to that with a stand alone unit the signal will be degraded at highest levels than in your unit because the signal coming from the stand-alone unit has to pass through additional cables, solder junctions and several connectors.
Maybe you can find out a better option looking for a new Phonolinepreamp that you can test in your system before buy it.
Unfortunatelly Spectral is a low profile marketing manufacturer and its products are so advanced that only a few audiophiles can really appreciated.
Spectral is a TRUE reference in audio electronics and not as other designs that in its advertasings speaks of " reference ".
Spectral is the mark/challenge for any electronic audio designer.
I never heard/listen something bad coming from Prof. Johnson: electronics, subwoofers, LP recordings, CD's, etc, etc.
Good you own it.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.