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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Used Tubes by audiosix on 2013-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] http://app.audiogon.com/listings/omnigon-full-function-tube-preamplifier-phonostageLooks like a serious effort that has been kicking around for a while.What tubes are used? Are they twin triode, like 12AX7 or - more likely - 692...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stage? by Paul S on 2013-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
For some time I have felt that most audiophile phono stages are over-built, especially those pretending to be thought-out, "no-compromise" designs.  Ironically, it seems to me that few (or none) of the "thought-out" designs I have seen and/or heard a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: The random phono-thoughts… by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-09 
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Perrew, LCR is not active at all; it is the very same passive EQ as your RC? I think you a bit confused with terminology. The main logical explanation (there are many of them) is that capacitive filtration is very bad one and need to be minimi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Phono-stage by AUDIO CONSULTING from Switzerland by twogoodears on 2009-11-10 
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Maybe someone read this http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-437-based-phono-stage-solid-rock-did.html, worth reconsidering its design - also (partially) using WE 437A - after the last posts discussion at Roman's... also worth remembering that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DIY LCR phono by Witti on 2012-11-17 
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Hello,May I have your comment for my diy LCR phono sound. Thanks.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwO6Uc-oOqg Bee Gees Greatest (3 songs)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYjRayM78FM We Are The Worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Jvvockz38 The Beatl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1707: PP and Phono - Help needed by N-set on 2020-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I finally got a PP unit. It is 1500W model as this is enough for now. It is the actual Golden version (Plus not available anymore) but the PP factory claims it's identical electrically just in a new aluminium case and some extras added. I managed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1743: Shield Unused Phono Jacks by Paul S on 2020-11-16 
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Metal caps over phono stage unused RCA jacks can help with stray EMF/RFI. Cardas and others sell them.Not saying something is wrong with the PP, just saying it doesn't take much to get noise from a phono stage, including any change in ground potentia...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: History of phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Phono Interconnects. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Since the 2007-2008 alchemic music season and consequentially live FM season was over (the event I marked with my “End of the live Phonostage”) I have been spinning a lot of vinyl lately. So, I spent some time with different phono cables with my diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: And yet you are using tube phono preamp by Wojtek on 2007-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Disregard Digital with Vacuum Tube output in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
application far more sensitive  than simple line linestage and in addition to that ,that pre is percived to be colored and syrupy tick. Are you trying to cover up that harsh and cruel sound you're talking about ;) Could you kindly explain why pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1712: More on the PP/phono situation by N-set on 2020-11-06 
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Thank you for the feedback guys! - Bill and drdna below is the actual physical situation. The distance to the Decca is 110cm, to Phono 140cm (the noise is present even if I switch to a shorted MM input and the PP is on batteries...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Long time due: Digital Phono Converter by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Long time due: Digital Phono Converter in Didital Things  1 Replies 
Paul McGowan look like will be releasing soon PS Audio new devise NuWave Phono Converter. Read the release and see what it is. http://www.psaudio.com/shop/nuwave-phono-converter/ Unquestionably it is a very proper product, or I would say a family of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Orion Phono Preamplifier by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
There is a new company out there that make some electronics. I do not know them, never heard anything that they do and do not know anyone who use their products. They have a phonostage that might be interesting. http://www.constellationa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: SP-102 Phono Stage by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
The positive feedback published a review by Marshall Nack of SP-102 Phono Stage: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue69/vitus_sp102.htmIt is an interesting review despite that some of the Marshall’s comments do not makes sense at all.  I did not he...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: cold fusion phono stage by guy sergeant on 2004-08-26 
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sounds like marketing bs to me! and I should know. I have to write that stuff sometimes! best regards, Guy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The miserable Germans: PHONO 2 CI by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Musta been a teenage thing.  I never got around to experimentation with my own chemical formulas.  [/quote] Nope, it is nothing to do with teenage thing but rather a cultural thing. In Russia any more or less civiliz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report by Paul S on 2007-05-26 
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I think I have had enough time with this phono stage now to make a few remarks about it.  In keeping with the spirit of this website I am not recommending this component, just reporting on it. I got my unit off AudioGon after keeping my eyes pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: unusual phono stages by guy sergeant on 2007-08-02 
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Has anyone had the opportunity to listen to this device and form any impressions?http://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/sg.htmlI recall that Win Labs made something similar in the late 70's but I never heard one....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Phono stages with SU-1 by genesis168 on 2007-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phono stages with SU-1 in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Hi, I am new here and would like to say hi.I am a owner of an ET SU-1 and would like to know what phono stage would go best with it. Would a Lamm LP2 be a good match?Will be using a Dynavector XV1s with it. Thanks in advance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Referring to the threads a few month back: http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4937 I wonder if I need to play with the coupling cap between the first and second stage. Now I have my beloved ElectrocuCube 950. In my former version...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Since my “End of Life" Phonostage have materialized I got exposed to a temptation of finding a “right” cable between my tonearm to the phonostage. The most critical cable between the step-up transformer and phonostage does not exist in my system anym...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Tubes (etc.) vs Phono Curves by Paul S on 2009-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Rooting around for manufacturers' operating curve/info on 6922s I came across a short paper I got years ago from electronics genius Roger A. Modjeski.  In a nutshell, RM talked about internal variables in tubes that affect their electrical charac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Re; Allnic Phono stage by montepilot on 2009-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Romy,  why not get this guy's phono stage to try so we all can benefit from an unbiased opinion of its performance? Rgs,montepilot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Thomas Mayer's WE 437A + Tango EQ-600 LCR phono-stage by twogoodears on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Yes, Roman: the two stages design is having the gain you correctly pointed-out.Sure would have paid - and it was discussed, as well, during pre-building weeks - to go for an higher gain design, BUT I feel more confortable in going ahead to play with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Uber-tweeky phono topologies deconstructed by cv on 2010-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting Russian pnonocorrector. in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Hello Paul,The first stage is a pentode, so the Miller cap is negligible. As for the other things you mentioned, there is a detailed exploration, which covers some of your points, by Dave Slagle at:http://www.intactaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: EMT JPA-66 Phono Control Center by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
An interesting devise, They allow to adjust the midle point of the RIAA curve. I never have seen it and I wonder why would it be necessary or desierable? http://www.gha.com.au/pdf/JPA66flyerPrelfVE.pdf http://www.toneimports...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Ducklings, TTs, and Phono Cartridges by Paul S on 2012-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Way back when I was an undergraduate, we studied about baby ducklings that some maniac made to follow a "surrogate mother" around a moving turntable.  To make a horrifying story short, the "study" concluded that the harder the ducklings were made to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #254: Amalgamated Phono Stage by Paul S on 2013-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
N-set, you will never know how your phono stage sounds with the "silver path" until you try it.  FYI, the WBT Next-Gen M/F work well --- with each other, but less well, mechanically, with the Vampire sockets; I don't know why yet.  The Vampire seem t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Phono settings by steverino on 2014-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Soundsmith’s analog ideas. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
The Sussurro has an unusually wide loading range listed by Soundsmith, ranging from 470 ohms to 5k ohms. It is possible that more recent models have a somewhat tighter range between 470 and 2k ohms but I am not positive. The capacitance of Soundsmith...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Now, that's a phono stage! by Paul S on 2008-05-24 
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Nice minimal construction, Romy.How do you keep the pots from drifting?Have you thought of using small batteries for the filaments?  I have not tried it yet myself, but it is the next thing on my list; dead simple and dead quiet, if yo...
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