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| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Thank you for the nice words, Raul.As far as the usefulness of an understanding of LOMC capacitive loading is concerned, for one thing it has provided guidance to the OP as to which of the two settings of the capacitive loading switch on his phono... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Wynpalmer4 5-25-2018 The non-inverting amplifiers used in an RIAA stage never have a gain below unity unless an additional pole is added. It’s hard to see why adding a capacitance of significant value to the input of a phono stage helps when the s... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Anthony (Clio09), yes, it was clear to me as to whom you were attacking, but thanks for making sure.I do think, however, that the explanation Paul McGowan stated is technically plausible, and could very well support the notion that in **some** cas... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Wynpalmer4 5-25-2018 Contrary to what has been said, for LOMC the capacitance, unless it is quite large (in the order of .1uF), is essentially irrelevant ....As explained earlier by me, and by Atmasphere (Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere Music Systems... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Clio09 5-25-2018 Seriously, we’re quoting Paul McGowan around here now? Things have gotten a bit worse on this forum than I suspected. Hi Anthony,As the saying goes, don’t attack the person making the argument, attack the argument.Regards,-- Al | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C I took a look at the manual, which can be found at the Plinius site. On page 11 (pdf page 13) it can be seen that the capacitance switch is to the left of the resistive loading switches, and appears to be identified as switch "1", and it should be... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Did you read my earlier posts?Almarg 5-22-2018 I see that the Koru provides two selections for input capacitance, namely 100 pf and 570 pf. You are likely to find that the 100 pf setting will allow you to use lighter loading (i.e., higher resistan... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Several prior threads here have addressed the major points of contention in this thread. One of them was this one:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-no-preamp-really-better-that-a-good-preamp?On page 3 of that thread I quoted some insights ... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Hi Raul,With regard to the OP's situation, all I was basically saying is that he is likely to obtain better results using the 100 pf setting of his phono stage rather than the 570 pf setting, assuming that he optimizes the resistive loading that ... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? The amp just provides a higher voltage to drive the speakers. As well as vastly more current and power, of course. If the preamp distorts the output signal, the amp can’t fix that. However, if the amp distorts its output signal the preamp can’t fi... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Rauliruegas 5-22-2018 @almarg , I read in the past that from J.Carr. Now, please tell me if you have first hand experiences where you can attest it. Attest to what? I don’t see any inconsistency between what I said, what Mr. Carr’s post that I quo... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Atmasphere 5-21-2018 This is because the cartridge inductance combined with the tone arm cable capacitance forms a tuned RF circuit- which is energized by the cartridge signal. It can be over 30 db higher than the phono signal- thats about 1000x ... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Craigl59 5-21-2018 What speakers have you settled on? Hi Craig,I have Daedalus Ulysses speakers, as you can see in my system description thread. I’ve owned them since 2010, and I have no plans to replace them in the foreseeable future.As you’ve no... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Regarding the relative importance and cost/benefit ratio of speakers vs. upstream components, I believe that the following factors involving listener preferences and requirements have tended to be under-emphasized in past discussions involving tha... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Trelja 5-20-2018Difficult question, I admit, and you could maybe just chalk it up to tubes in general, and why folks compete for valued ones, but do you have any opinions on why different tube rectifiers of the same type exhibit not much differenc... |