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| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Here is the vdH website on their phono stages: https://www.vandenhul.com/product-category/electronics/ The way I read it, the SB offers balanced operation; the base model may only offer XLR inputs into an SE circuit. I don't know. The language i... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages I don’t understand. If you order the Channel D with digital RIAA, then you have to supply your own outboard AD/DA converter? Or does the Seta output a digital signal that the user has to convert back to analog, or what? | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Boothroyd, I found this in the Sussuro cartridge owners manual: "Please also note that some designs of “current amplifier” preamp circuits will not allow loading in the range required, causing the Sussurro MK II ES to sound very dull – caused by... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Hi Ralph, You wrote, "This suggests that as the impedance of the cartridge goes up, the gain of the circuit goes down, which is probably good since the output of the cartridge will be higher." The linear relationship between voltage output and st... | |
| Butcher Block Acoustics I cannot recall the last time anyone made the earth move for me. More's the pity. Mijo, you ARE far from Vilchur, Dohmann, Fletcher, and Conti. Three of them are deceased and the fourth is in Australia. | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Boothroyd, LOMC cartridges, like the Lyra cartridges you mention, will have inductance in the low micro-Henry range. The low output MI cartridges made and marketed by SS have an inductance in the low milli-Henry range. In other words, the induct... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Mijo, are you going for digital RIAA correction? | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages "Suitable" = very low capacitance, I assume. My question was more about the effect of MI inductance on cartridge output impedance as frequency increases and how that affects the efficiency of current drive. It would be of interest to know which o... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Dover did not mention what current driven device he is using, so far as I can see. However, he did say he feeds its output to the phono section of a Marantz 7 preamplifier. That suggests he is using one of the very few available outboard devices... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Ledoux, First, thanks for being one of the first among us to make a direct comparison and to report on your result. You wrote, "The tube/ voltage mode phono sounds more vivid, the SS current mode sounds more warm and relaxing." It's a matter of ... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages boothroyd, Apart from the fact that SoundSmith are the only company that currently market LOMI cartridges, what was your point? Have you tried to drive a current mode phono stage with an SS LOMI? Thanks. | |
| Low Output MC recommendations? Or see if you can find a Denon DL-S1. Or for a bit more money an Audio Technics ART9Xa or i. | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat No problemo. | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat I have never tried a leather or pigskin mat on my Victor TT101, or on any other turntables, so I am not among those who recommend them. However, I am sure that such mats might be excellent. I use an SAEC SS300 mat on my TT101. Considering the ver... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? Raul, I can only hope that you get some help for your hostility. Did you notice that I agree with you on a choice of SUT? Perhaps you are the one who either does not read or does not fully understand. You need a certain amount of signal voltage to... |