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MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Plinko: +++++ " What a surprise! " +++++You have at least one additional option named MM cartridges type that with the right set up could make wonders for your music sound reproduction and you don't need at all any SUT.Regards and enjoy the m... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Shane: Yes yo can do it. IN the case of the MMC2 you need an adaptor to mount it and you can buy it through Soundsmith, if you find the B&O in new condition then it will comes with that universal mount tonearm adaptor.Both of these cartri... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Lewm: +++++ " is usually achieved by using gobs of negative feedback " +++++IMHO is up to the designer know-how and I don't want to open a new " door " on this thread about, suffice is to say that you can do it not necessary with " gobs of ne... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Piedpiper: That's right. Anyway we can't do nothing about because we don't have any " control " on the recording process we can do things where we have some " control " on it and that is from the very first moment that we take a LP to play wi... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Eldartford: +++++ " My experience suggests that, at an "affordable" price point a step-up transformer makes sense. " +++++IMHO more than " make sense " : " you have no choice ".I'm always against " mediocrity " and very special on music repro... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear John: +++++ " No doubt Raul genuinely cares for everyone here to enjoy the music but such a comment implies that his way is ultimately the only way to improve the system. " +++++Certainly not, there are many " roads " to arrive Rome ( this is... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Kirk: Good luck and success with your design.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Ron: As I posted I made a little of research on your audio items just to " imagine " what are you hearing but for what you told here your music/sound reproduction is far from what I can " imagine ", good.+++++ " If I see how a lot or maybe th... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Eldartford: I owned Audio technica AT 1000T ( similar to the Signet. ) that had that spec but ( like the Signet ) with out any reference about deviation from flat, that btw it is almost imposible to been flat.+++++ " I used several MC preamps... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Ron: I made some research about your audio system items to " figure " ( in some way. ) what are you hearing and why you prefer a SUT.There are not too much info on your amp but other model where I read that its output impedance is around 4 Oh... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Eldartford: +++++ " But the problems which plague power output transformers hardly exist for tiny signal transformers. " +++++How is that? could you explain about?, maybe I'm missing something and I want to tell you that I not only owned seve... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Ron: +++++ " . For me, the more a component lets me forget about hifi, gives sense to music and touch me emotional the better I find component.... " +++++I share with you totally this statement: that is all about!!!!Regards and enjoy the musi... 
Thanks to Raul.
Dear Radrog: Well the cartridge is the " source " and seems to me ( for what you posted ) that your JMW is a very good match for the Goldfinger, I have to say you are lucky!!Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Kirk: +++++ " Now I understand and respect a design approach that tolerates a mismatch here to acheive other objectives, but in terms of noise performance for i.e. a 5-ohm phono cartridge, a well-executed transformer/autoformer input topology... 
MC phono stage without transformer?
Dear Ron: In my case ( as I already posted on other threads ) I have in deep experiences with Audio Note whole products ( from the Ongaku through speakers, cartridges, SUTs, etc, etc ) due that the distributor here is a close friend of mine. I tes...