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Hello Romy A sleepless night had my all-but-derelict brain going round and around the phono stage and, of course, more questions than answers were thrown up. Did you and your designer friend first try an intermediate version of the 834 circuit which ...
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Dear AllI am new here, but have been reading quite a bit about the EAR834P from people here who are quite enthusiastic about this design.Thorsten had got me off my butt to build a EAR834P from scratch when he posted his mods at the AA. I still o...
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The very much non-definitive EAR 834P Modification Guide by Loesch Thorsten
Hi,Given that Romy already let the proverbial Cat out of the Bag (pun intended) I think I may have to make good here....
The EAR 834P is a very simple, but rather smartly ...
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[quote user="hagtech"]First, it seems like the tubes are starved. They are running very low current. The 12AX7 is also at low voltage. I'm guessing they are running at about 0.3mA at 65V plate. This operating point is way down...
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Recently, I have become aware of a strange phenomenon after lifting the tonearm at the end of the run-out groooves. The record surface noise keeps going when the stylus is no longer in contact with the record. I am using a Garrard 301 with SME 3...
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I recently could not pass up a good deal on a EAR 834P MM, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to my current phono stage. It is funny since I had planned to listen to EAR phono stage in my system about 10-15 years ago when I lived in Santa M...
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Hello to everyone, am new to the sight. Been reading for a while and decided to mod my 834. I've had the unit since '96, purchased new from the local dealer. I have noticed a few differences from the schematic, the 220K load resistors R10 and R110...
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The very much non-definitive EAR 834P Modification Guide by Loesch Thorsten
Hi,Given that Romy already let the proverbial Cat out of the Bag (pun intended) I think I may have to make good here....
The EAR 834P is a very simple, but rather smartly ...
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I do not have good-sounding high output cartridges; my most high-voltage cartridge is SPU MONO that is 3mV I believe. I have 5mV Grado $300 Platinum Ref that is high-voltage cartridge but is sounds not seriously. My desire to bring my 3mV SPU via my ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10? I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard. Is this another case where it's full of old caps? I would not be at all surprised if futzing with those caps might yield as ...
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I recently could not pass up a good deal on a EAR 834P MM, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to my current phono stage. It is funny since I had planned to listen to EAR phono stage in my system about 10-15 years ago when I lived in Santa M...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I usually hesitant to give any recommendations for “improvement” if a request does not contain any defined and specific complain about the current results.[/quote]Naturally, this makes sense. My question was actually specif...
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Hi Guy, [quote user="guy sergeant"]My experience with the 834p stemmed from having one at home for about a year soon after it was launched. I did try different types of ECC83 in it which did change it's balance slightly but not enough to make me like...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] It's polishing a turd though isn't it? I listened to the 834 quite a bit when it came out and thought it sounded poor, even for the price. imho, The circuit's just bad. If you do all that to it it isn't really an 834 anywa...
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Hi, [quote user="Chirag"]103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old...
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I guess Thorsten is laughing since he should be the main receiver of TdP email. Popularity of a product is a double bladed sword. I do hope that sales of EAR 834 phono stage increased notably after Romy decided to make that circuit into his "end of ...
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Chirag, I have some other guys who were asking about the 834P schematic. I just got home and made a picture of my manual with the schematic in it. I do not know if it’s legal. It sort of none-commercial site and I did paid long time ago for my first...
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hI bRIAN, [quote user="Brian Clark"]The 834P was a revelation for me, being a circuit that I would have dismissed as "old hat" (Feedback? 12AX7 cathode follower? Do me a favour!).[/quote] Me too, but you know me, i'm mainly pragmatic. The EAR 834P is...
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[quote user="drdna"] So you do not recommend the stock tubes? Is it a specific change you recommend?[/quote]
Better tubes will certainly give you better sound, in many cases more sophisticated sound. I do not know what tubes EAR uses as stock tubes ...
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A friend has a fixed headshell model S2 and is about to trade for a detachable just for convenience but worries if there is any extra sonic merit in the model he already has?Any idea Mr B____p.s. Romy, I've got my 901 and I'm very much impr...
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Hi All, 103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old Altec mic t...
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I'm a phono moron, but having had several phono preamps, I think I can understand what finds Romy right in the EAR 834P, which I love. I'm not as skilled and crazy as to try to make all the Thorsten mods in it by myself, but I've tried some tube swap...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] I don't doubt for a moment that there are plenty of people 'who know' who will wax lyrical about the benefits of open loop eq in feedback circuits. There are people 'who know' who will tell me that valve amplifiers cannot ...
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Experimenting with Decca carts, I've temporaly disconected the SUT's and decided to check the RIAA calibrationand I think I have some (circuit?) problem.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
In the end of everything I was able to get very nice response. The...
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[quote user="starboy"]A friend has a fixed headshell model S2 and is about to trade for a detachable;just for convenience but worries if there is any extra sonic merit in the model he alread has? Any idea Mr B____ [/quote]
Obviously the fixed head...
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[quote user="rafaroxlm"]As you may know the 7788 is a high transconductance pentode which should in theory be able to give higher audio resolution than say 12AX7, 6072 tubes in tube mic pre designs. On search here the 7788 was mention...
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[quote user="hagtech"]First, it seems like the tubes are starved. They are running very low current. The 12AX7 is also at low voltage. I'm guessing they are running at about 0.3mA at 65V plate. This operating point is way down...
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