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| Cartridge Output Hi Palewin --I found these specs on the SP-8, which confirm the 60db gain from phono inputs to preamp outputs:http://www.arcdb.ws/SP8/SP8.htmlI think that one reason you are doing well with that combination of cartridge, preamp, and power amp is t... | |
| Cartridge Output Page 3 of the Rogue 99 manual provides a good answer to the op's question:The optional all-tube phono section consists of two input tubes (12AX7), a passive RIAA equalization section, and an output section that can be configured in one of three ga... | |
| Cartridge Output Hi Axel,I'd expect that typically a 60db phono stage with a unity gain (0db) line stage would do better with a lomc than a 40 + 20. The 60db stage would figure to have better signal-to-noise ratio than the 40db stage, since it is designed and inte... | |
| Cartridge Output I'm not sure about that, Axel. Note that he said phono stage + preamp = 60db. So a 0.5mv lomc would result in 0.5 volts into the power amp under the usual test conditions, with the volume control wide open. That strikes me as too low for typical p... | |
| balanced unity gain input switch You might want to consider this, which is available for about $150 from Zzounds, American Musical Supply, and on special order from B&H Photo Video:http://www.smproaudio.com/index.php?id=91&L=2It can accept one balanced xlr input pair and ... | |
| Help: DSOTM Sounds better on CD than LP My current setup ... works great for single instruments and solos but when the whole band comes in it seems to get confused about where to place the instruments and how to distinguish between them.Are you sure that isn't simply due to the source m... | |
| Why not go crossover-less? Could the following be another reason the cross-over is placed in the speaker? When the x-over is placed in the line stage is it more likely that errors will be more pronounced because of the amplification of any errors? No, the signal gets amplif... | |
| Good "warm" CD player for $500 Although they cost somewhat more than $500, you may want to consider some of the tube-based Chinese-made players offered by Pacific Valve: http://www.pacificvalve.us/cdplayers.htmlI have no experience with them, but fwiw their design descriptions ... | |
| 4 ohm taps or 8 ohm taps? Actually, I think there is a better consensus (though far from a perfect consensus) on this question than on many other issues in audio. The consensus being to go with what sounds best. And no, you won't hurt anything either way.Re question one, t... | |
| Tonearm wire burn-in question. Adding to my previous post:And in any event, I wouldn't be surprised if the burn-in effects on the phono stage input circuit were more significant than the burn-in effects on the wire, for better or for worse.Regards,-- Al | |
| Tonearm wire burn-in question. I'd be cautious about keeping the signal volume low, particularly if it is a solid state moving coil phono stage with a low input impedance. You would be subjecting the phono stage's input load resistor, and the junctions of the input stage active... | |
| What year did tube lose to SS Yes, it was probably somewhere in the 1965 to 1970 time-frame, hastened by the commercial success of a lot of poor sounding made-in-Japan solid state gear, which the leading American manufacturers from the golden era of tube hifi were not successf... | |
| SS Preamp with Tube Amp? can a SS preamp do the tube amp justice to maintain the tube amp's liquidity, sweetness, wonderful midrange, etc.Yes, certainly, if the two components match up well. The 6Moons review of your amplifier describes its sound as follows:Extrapolating ... | |
| 110 ohm and 75 ohm Digital as i nterconnects Correction to my previous post: The Mogami's I am using are analog cables, not AES/EBU digital cables.Regards,-- Al | |
| 110 ohm and 75 ohm Digital as i nterconnects I too use the Mogami Studio Gold balanced cables for balanced analog interconnects, and I've been very pleased with them. For a 3 foot length, they are available for $34.95 from B&H Photo Video.Re your first question, digital cables figure to ... |