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| Pure tube phono preamp https://www.haglabs.com/collections/phono-preamps/products/trumpet-mc-vacuum-tube-phonostageFor $1100 this one is hard to touch. However, it does use JFETs for a front-end instead of SUT. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! ZP3 will work great for you. It's a virtually EXACT copy of my original CORNET design (long story there), but with an 0A3 added. For half the price you can get a CORNET3 new, but it doesn't have the fancy chassis. | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Here's a new one for the list:https://www.haglabs.com/collections/phono-preamps/products/trumpet-mc-vacuum-tube-phonostage$999 until end of year. | |
| Time for a (reasonably priced) phono preamp... Cornet3 is right up your alley. Check it out! | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria http://www.hagtech.com/pdf/eliminatingnoise.pdf | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria Something isn't getting a ground. Use your fingers again. If touching RCA shields lowers the hum, then you're on the right track. Is there a power transformer near the tonearm? What happens if you change MC loading to 47k, does it change to ju... | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria Yeah, you need to get an Earth ground somewhere in the system. Touching RCA is a dead giveaway... | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria Also possible you have no Earth ground anywhere in the system... | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria You've got magnetic coupling into the phonostage. Will get worse when you add TT. Check proximity to a power transformer in another piece of equipment. You will need to space things out... | |
| Hum Problem with Grado I tried that too, connecting ground wire to motor (bearing too). Didn't do a damn thing... In this case, the problem is magnetic, and you have to deal with it very differently.Nice rule of thumb: If you hear "buzz", it is electric field coupling... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening Solution for Grado hum:https://www.haglabs.com/collections/accessories/products/humbucker | |
| Grado/Rega Hum If hum is louder towards the end of record, this will help:https://www.haglabs.com/collections/accessories/products/humbucker | |
| Hum Problem with Grado This might help: https://www.haglabs.com/collections/accessories/products/humbucker | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? I can't imagine why you have volume trouble with 70dB gain. Should be plenty. Listening with volume control up past 12:00 is also desireable, as this is the lowest distortion region.Hiss? Well, that could just be the phonostage. Other ones may... | |
| Upgrade phono stage? Your system sounds really nice. Best upgrade path I would suggest is to switch to an MC cart. Add SUT (like Bob's Devices) or active head-amp (like a Piccolo2). Also try some tube dampers (even simple o-rings can make a difference). |