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| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 If you are interested, I can talk to him and explain the very simple upgrade I did myself. I can describe the output circuit to him as well. You can PM me. | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 drbond, You might talk to Dave Slagle at Intact Audio. He is also associated with EMIA. I could talk to him about the Steelhead phono and line output stages on your behalf. Dave may even have some better ideas, since his knowledge is much deeper a... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. I see now in the advert that the nominal impedance is 4 ohms, going down to 0.43 ohms at 20kHz, per Raul's statement too. That's not a great situation for any sort of tube amplifier, but it could be made to work I guess. Using Autoformers from A... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 cleeds, By the way, you were quite right to correct me regarding microphones and etc in the recording chain up to the application of RIAA equalization during the making of an LP. I realized after the fact and before you pointed it out that the rec... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 A major reason I originally chose the Manley Steelhead for the second of my two audio systems is that I wanted at least two sets of phono inputs, one for MM, and of course the Steelhead provides 3. Plus I wanted a "full function" preamplifier, so... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 I did not mean to imply that +/-2 db was the actual permissible margin for error back in the late 1950s. But I did search for that sort of information, and in the course of that search this is the only number I could come up with. In my last two p... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Unless Martin Logan says otherwise, I would assume that they have not abandoned their stated policy of designing their speakers to accommodate solid-state amplification best of all. That really means the speakers are likely to have a low nominal ... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 “Harsh”? Harsh would be if I were actually “imagining “ the RIAA issue, and by the way I said nothing about S/N ratio. I suggest to Raul that he read up on the history of the RIAA correction. Do you think RCA and Columbia LPs adhered to the exact... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 On the issue of RIAA correction, I certainly agree that adherence to the standard curve should be tight, but my question is how tight makes any difference? Channel D claim their phono stages are within 0.1db, guaranteed, and typically within 0.01d... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 I have heard the DSA Phono2 in my own home, demonstrated for me by its creator. I compared it to my tweaked Atma-sphere MP1. The DSA did everything well, best of all, I thought it was not especially "solid-state" sounding compared to the MP1. Th... | |
| dust protection for turntables Definitely wanna remember to uncover your tube amplifiers when they’re in use. | |
| dust protection for turntables No cost solution for those who only want to protect the platter when not playing LPs is an old, warped, or otherwise damaged LP. Everyone has at least one of those. | |
| Dust cover up or down? Mijo, I am trying to understand the structure of your Cosmos. Am I correct in thinking the cover hinges to the rear of the wood that forms the visible outer appearance of the TT? And you’re saying that the wood plus dust cover are isolated from th... | |
| dust protection for turntables Is there no end of suppressed opinion regarding perhaps the most boring of all audiophile obsessions? There’s another recent and active thread for this commentary. Use it if you like it. I don’t and won’t. | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 Just one man's opinion, but I have heard the Nagra, albeit not in a few years, and I do not think it would play in the league with Ypsilon, EMIA, and FM Acoustics. Like I said, it's only my opinion. drbond, I have not kept up with the latest and... |