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That's exactly what it looks like.Power supply should look like the unit linked below. Rectangular and taller but not wider than the preamp unit.
That's exactly what it looks like.Power supply should look like the unit linked below. Rectangular and taller but not wider than the preamp unit.
Given the high amount of mains noise in the output, I wonder if it would perform better with the basic £30 SMPS, the one that comes with the Fanfare as standard (the PSU1 that comes with the Reflex is £185, and there is also a PSU1-Enigma for £385). <https://www.hifisystemcomponents.com/power-supplies/>That's exactly what it looks like.
I am fairly certain I tried that to mo avail.Instructions say that the figure 8 connector at the power supply can be rotated 180 degrees to experiment with which polarity makes less noise.
This is just not right. People who spend a thousand dollars (and more) for half a phono stage want all those pops, clicks, ticks and skips. It is what reminds them that they are listening to records, part of an exclusive and retro club as it were. It is part of what the effort is all about. Without those artifacts, the experience is just not the same. People think I am kidding. Or being ironic/facetious. But I'm not.
MM needs a gain of only about 40 dB. That is quite easy to do with low noise these days. I'm not impressed that a device costing nearly £1k can do that.https://www.hifisystemcomponents.com/phono-preamps/accession-mm-phono-preamp.html
I had the Accession MM phono stage (Price: £936 ) on loan for a few months and was very happy with it. It was very quiet, better than my Bryston 0.5B phono stage (dead silent in fact) and in addition it significantly reduced pops and clicks. Contemplating the Pass XP-17 although to date I've only used high output MM or MI cartridges.
Russ
This is just not right. People who spend a thousand dollars (and more) for half a phono stage want all those pops, clicks, ticks and skips. It is what reminds them that they are listening to records, part of an exclusive and retro club as it were. It is part of what the effort is all about. Without those artifacts, the experience is just not the same. People think I am kidding. Or being ironic/facetious. But I'm not.
This is just not right. People who spend a thousand dollars (and more) for half a phono stage want all those pops, clicks, ticks and skips. It is what reminds them that they are listening to records, part of an exclusive and retro club as it were. It is part of what the effort is all about. Without those artifacts, the experience is just not the same. People think I am kidding. Or being ironic/facetious. But I'm not.
Mr. Slee is apparently taking exception with the measurements here:
https://www.hifisystemcomponents.co...w-forum_topic4993_page11.html?KW=audioscience
His explanation seems to boil down to, the measurements were improperly performed because the input resistor was not lifted, and casts doubt on the basic understand/methods here.
HOWEVER, what doesn't make sense then is the fact that the Cambridge Duo's measurements were pretty much spot-on with the manufacturer's. The Cambridge and GS both have 100-Ohm inputs I believe.
Any thoughts?
Mr. Slee is apparently taking exception with the measurements here:
https://www.hifisystemcomponents.co...w-forum_topic4993_page11.html?KW=audioscience
His explanation seems to boil down to, the measurements were improperly performed because the input resistor was not lifted, and casts doubt on the basic understand/methods here.
HOWEVER, what doesn't make sense then is the fact that the Cambridge Duo's measurements were pretty much spot-on with the manufacturer's. The Cambridge and GS both have 100-Ohm inputs I believe.
Any thoughts?
Shouldn't the device be tested in a way that most closely resembles what the users would do and treat it as a black box?
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what the proper protocol for measuring something with that low an input impedance would be.
Well, end users aren't going to change it, so the idea that the input resistor should be messed with seems odd as that won't happen in real use.
For MM, 47K is standard.
For MC, there isn't really a standard, per se, but 100-200 is a pretty common default.