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| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 I am not quite sure why you are so provoked by some of my opinions, but this line of argument is too silly to continue. I’d be interested to see a list of tube phono stages that you currently would endorse as competitive with whatever are the best... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 Keep in mind that Raul has a fanatical hatred for any component that uses a vacuum tube. His judgement is not objective. In my opinion, your best course of action is to try to audition as many of these high end phonoline stages as you can, both tu... | |
| EAR 834P MM/MC options help Better in the out position with what cartridge? | |
| Dust cover up or down? That’s what she said. | |
| Turntable Identification This is a classic high end system for the late 50s or early 60s. Marantz 7C and 8B plus TD124. | |
| 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... |