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| Question about loading with an SUT The Piccolo MC is also quite good by the way - I find Jim's JFET head-amps to be more "musical" than other JFET stages, at the expense of higher noise floor - a tradeoff that is acceptable to me. He does use very cheap SMPS units, in order to hit... | |
| Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp One parameter so far overlooked is inductance. The ratio of cartridge inductance to resistance is what determines if a cartridge is suitable for transimpedance operation. @hagtech - Interesting. Thank you. How does one determine the inductance ... | |
| Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp The Quadratic SUT is a good one, but it’s definitely a little tilted in favor of bass frequencies, and a little relaxed / recessed up top. Just depends on your setup, how well that works. @mulveling - thank you for your always thoughtful and il... | |
| Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp After all the rave reviews, I’m still considering switching to the transimpedance headamp approach with a Piccolo Zero (or maybe even a Sutherland SUTZ) - coming from an SUT, a Quadratic MC-1, which I find very good, and low impedances cartridges ... | |
| Deciphering Integrated Specs - Step Up Matching As a post script, the 0.4mV cartridge that I’m considering using is the Hana Umami Blue. Its coil impedance is 8Ω and its suggested load impedance is >80Ω. The input impedance of the Quadratic MC-1 is reported to be 70Ω in high mode (24x/ +28d... | |
| Deciphering Integrated Specs - Step Up Matching Sure was @mulveling, thank you. And thank you all for the helpful responses. | |
| Deciphering Integrated Specs - Step Up Matching I wasn't able to include a picture of the full specs, so here they are. Power Output Stereo Minimum sine wave continuous average power output per channel, with both channels operating is: 200 watts into 8 ohm load 320 watts into 4 ohm load Output... | |
| Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp Curious if anyone has insight into the differences, if there are any, in technology (or sound character) between the Piccolo Zero and the Sutherland SUTZ? They seem like basically the same thing yet the Piccolo Zero is so much more accessible and ... | |
| Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp @mulveling So, almost 3 months out, have your initial views changed at all on the Piccolo Zero or how it compares to other step-up alternatives? Has a little time shed any more light on ideal cartridge matching? It looks like a great product! | |
| Any problems with Springsteens DualDisc? Meridian G08 won't play. I'm not buying Dualdiscs. |