Michael Fidler

Since I got back into vinyl surface noise bothered me to the point that I spent a small fortune on a Sugarcube. But some pops were so...

'Sound quality?' Let's just say that what comes out should be basically what goes in only louder and with the necessary RIAA...

Glad to see a test on another device designed by Mr. FIDLER. Beyond the SINAD performance which is excellent in terms of SINAD, what is...

Should be 3.2dB, but 0dB would be best!

That is simultaneously hilarious and frightening.

Would look great in clear perspex all round or at least the top bit !

The LED can be changed out, but generally modification is discouraged. If it gets broken in the process I'll be the one having to deal...

Nicely summarised this morning by HiFi Pig: https://www.hifipig.com/classic-audio-spartan-15-mkii-phonostage/ New enclosure, extra LFC...

That's what I was going to say, but decided on the troll alert .gif because it was more fun. ;)

Those are most likely polypropylene film and not necessarily "no-name". Could be Panasonic ECW, for example. Mr. Fidler is a serious...

You're right there - 100V double-ended polypropylene film, so distortion free, very low inductance, and very temperature stable. Lots of...

LOL - all I can say is see the measurements in the first post! Zero failures in the field related to these parts for almost 3 years of...

I may have to challenge that figure... If you were to amplify by 44dB and have 120mV of (peak) headroom at the input, then you'd need an...

generally, the opinions about "bad sound", "high noise and clicks and pops", etc etc comes from people without experience in modern...