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| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogers PA-2 Phono Preamplifier Either an FET or a built-in SUT or an all-tube or hybrid cascode, in order to develop enough gain to suit a typical LOMC cartridge. All of them work and can sound fine. | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? "a new isolator... is immaterial". That's it! The perfect isolator is no isolator. | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogers PA-2 Phono Preamplifier A different topic. To SUT or not to SUT. I had just edited my previous post to include mention of the type of circuit that you describe for the Herron. My own SilvaWeld SWH 550 phono stage is configured the same way. The FET drives essentially an ... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogers PA-2 Phono Preamplifier Please describe what listening to an FET in the context of a tube circuit sounds like. ARC preamplifiers are certainly not known for warmth. FET/tube phono stages can be among the most neutral. I certainly don’t mention it as a criticism of the He... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogers PA-2 Phono Preamplifier Also because if you’re using an LOMC cartridge, you’re basically listening to an FET. If I understand the Herron phono correctly. | |
| who do i contact to make custom plastic cassette cases and shells? Why would you even think of doing this? Anyway you’ve come to the wrong place with your endless questions about a dead medium. There are actual forums for tape junkies. Find one. | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogers PA-2 Phono Preamplifier I suspect the Herron might respond less obviously to tube rolling because it uses an FET (transistor) in its MC gain stage. Thankfully, transistors are hard soldered in place. Otherwise folks would be transistor rolling. Is there some reason to be... | |
| Sound-Smith retipping I suspect PL is the QC guy, the final arbiter. He as much as told me he discovered and repaired the issue with my Ruby re-tip, when I returned it to SS. | |
| Sound-Smith retipping I would think it is a given that when you replace a truncated diamond cantilever and stylus with a boron cantilever, even regardless of the new stylus’ shape, the sound is going to be different. But it might be great. It might even be better than ... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? Sadly, the opportunity to hear live musicians playing music is dramatically reduced in the Washington DC area, and I imagine it is reduced in most American cities of note. Thanks to the pandemic for that. We used to attend concerts or clubs for li... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? Ralph, Have you had any hands-on experience with the Rega P10? I am no Rega fanboy, but I find the approach taken in their flagship TT to be very interesting: Super low mass plinth made of materials that are not likely to store energy efficientl... | |
| Sound-Smith retipping I have never seen a negative comment regarding the quality of work done by SS or regarding their professional integrity. The only "negative" comments are in relation to timeliness. Because the business is so good and so successful, they sometime... | |
| A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong! They also should bring back hotcakes. | |
| Pickering XSV 3000 replacement stylus- are they worth it? My bad, was indeed thinking of MI, but why don't you trust LP Gear? I ask this out of genuine curiosity. If you have a good reason, you might convince me. Or is it simply that they may not use a Samarium Cobalt magnet? Assuming output voltage ... | |
| Is the Manley Steelhead still relevant? I have always admired VAC preamplifiers, but I have only ever heard their top of the line linestage, not the phono stage, at least not in a few decades. It was excellent. I am not so crazy about the fact that the website indicates the optional pho... |