jmaldonado
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| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Stephen, exactly. Having the 3.18 us zero in the phono stage simply leaves the response flat after 50 kHz (instead of keeping the roll-off up to infinity). That way it cancels the 50 kHz filter that was not part of the RIAA eq. With all things bei... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? The above is true only for the standard Lipshitz method of EQ. If EQ is split across two stages (the way I do it, for example), then the switch is possible.Quite easily in fact (with the right topology). The 3.18 us turnover point is an extension ... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? ...fully corrected and stabilised curve, channel identicity. The last two are more than just difficult -- they're horrendously painstaking, boring (think of "trimming" to get the "right" R -- and once you get there, you realise that your next pole... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Jose, or anyone else, have you correlated RIAA error to colorations? As in, error of x amount or of y type leads to a z coloration.Dan, in my experience the term "coloration" involves 2 facets:On one hand you have a measurable deviation of flat fr... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Speaking of a phono cartridge, it's just a floating coil with 2 wires. As the coil is floating, you have the choice to operate it as either single-ended or as a true balanced signal source. If you connect the negative terminal to ground, and use t... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Atmasphere, agreed. The notion that balanced circuits are more complex that single-ended is a myth. In fact, balanced operation in comparison gives you twice the voltage (+6 dB) than single-ended, which in many stages would allow you to eliminate ... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? "RIAA eq deviation no more than 0.05 dB... Why?"Five reasons:1. Because the technology exists2. We can use this technology without any detrimental effect on the audio quality3. It adds a negligible cost to the product4. It automatically results in... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? A Line or RIAA stage could be characterized as "good" if it complies with its primary objective: To amplify the music signal with enough gain to be listened comfortably at the proper volume level, and do it without introducing obvious anomalies no... |