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In the Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage

Post Subject: I think your game is not over.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 11/20/2011

Hmmmm. Nset I will tell you something that will disturb you but it is what it is. If you did not use transformers and your phono was noisy and shielding did help it to be not noisy then you do not a proper grounding in your phonstage. The non- shielded phonstage might have some minor noise but it will be upper range noise and shielding, or putting it into an enclosure, will help. If you have num then it has nothing to do with shielding but only grounding. If your shielding helped against num then it was not because shielding but because you inadvertently change something in grounding. It is my believe and it is my experience that a phonstage with properly implemented grounds (from perspective of hum) does not need any shielding or even enclosure for this meter. Yes, shielding of cause will help but to a VERY minor scale (for hum) and only if you are willing to place it right next to aggressive polluters (like TT motors etc…)

The Cat, not Sir.

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