You might get lucky and they got it rightly scaled for Denon carts initially since one is depicted in that arm's manual. When you will play a highly modulated single bias check tone on a test record and mistracking will be reached it must come even from both channels when seated in a central monitoring position, and be minimum possible.
Good night.
Good night.
enough said for a while! Simply Wonderful to have vinyl back with a good headamp design.
A bad TT setup can be solved with a very good phono preamp, I heard a VPI HRX top model with SME V series + Audio Techinica OC09 bad setup togheter a very good phono preamp Convergent Audio Technology SL-1 & the sound was simple horrible, after a time I heard again the same system but with good TT setup & believe me simple amazing.
All counts, TT, cart, preamp, amp, speakers, room acoustics, power, cables, etc.
All counts, TT, cart, preamp, amp, speakers, room acoustics, power, cables, etc.
My experience is we always must have the ability to pull the chosen cart's signal out strong and smooth via the phono, else the source is masked whatever the investment. Medium price well judged TT setups are very good in reading 90% of what is there on the average vinyl cut. Super expensive TT will add a dimension, but it must not be blocked. They show their teeth more when in large power big room systems by their firmness in the presence of powerful bass replay feedback. I favor high output MC carts and good MM when not many assets can be put towards a good phono either DIY or ready made. That strategy can jump much noise for a decent outcome.
For example, a SystemDek or AN form ebay, a rega RB and a Denon lowMC or dearer Shelter cart, well set up and pulled through a proper phono, they can keep you awake many nights listening. If you mate that with a lesser phono effort or price, better use a DL-160 or AT or Grado.
For example, a SystemDek or AN form ebay, a rega RB and a Denon lowMC or dearer Shelter cart, well set up and pulled through a proper phono, they can keep you awake many nights listening. If you mate that with a lesser phono effort or price, better use a DL-160 or AT or Grado.
I agree that the cartridge, phono headamp, and suited arm make the majority of a good vinyl system. IMHO the proper combination will bring the details out and achieve the great pleasure we work so hard to achieve. All a TT does is degrade the sound, by introducing rumble, wow, reflected energy, and acoustic energy from the room, which add artifacts or veils to the sound. The better ones add less. When you get to a decent turntable and above, the returns diminish, albeit still worth the effort if your budget, skills, and time allows.
Status Report,
These are some photo's of the Salas Simplistic Head amp as built so far for the Denon 103R cartride. The external chassis is 1/4 inch aluminum plate, the shunt regulators are mounted on heatsinks integrated with the external chassis. Internally the RIAA circuit is fully enclosed in a two piece steel box. RCA jacks are mounted to the internal chassis and protrude through the external to keep the shielding intact. The output caps are Obligato 3.3uF. They will be bypassed with ft-3 teflon caps in the final stage. The build has no audible hum or noise. Even at full volume. As it stands now it is built with temporary RIAA and coupling caps. The "final" ones should be here next week.
The turntable is a stupidly modified Ariston Audio RD80. Magnapan Unitrack I tonearm rewired with cardas shielded direct to the Simplistic. The plinth will be rebuilt shortly. For right now it is sitting on the floor during the testing.
I won't comment yet on the sound because of the final to do list and the fact that I am still in shock that I have not had a turntable in 20 some years. I will say that it is extremely detailed and I am happy even at this stage.
I also attached some photos of the overall system.
P.S. Yes I still have to paint the lid.
These are some photo's of the Salas Simplistic Head amp as built so far for the Denon 103R cartride. The external chassis is 1/4 inch aluminum plate, the shunt regulators are mounted on heatsinks integrated with the external chassis. Internally the RIAA circuit is fully enclosed in a two piece steel box. RCA jacks are mounted to the internal chassis and protrude through the external to keep the shielding intact. The output caps are Obligato 3.3uF. They will be bypassed with ft-3 teflon caps in the final stage. The build has no audible hum or noise. Even at full volume. As it stands now it is built with temporary RIAA and coupling caps. The "final" ones should be here next week.
The turntable is a stupidly modified Ariston Audio RD80. Magnapan Unitrack I tonearm rewired with cardas shielded direct to the Simplistic. The plinth will be rebuilt shortly. For right now it is sitting on the floor during the testing.
I won't comment yet on the sound because of the final to do list and the fact that I am still in shock that I have not had a turntable in 20 some years. I will say that it is extremely detailed and I am happy even at this stage.
I also attached some photos of the overall system.
P.S. Yes I still have to paint the lid.
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My view of the majority in the analogue set-up:
- Turntable
- Tonearm
- Cartridge
- Step-Up Transformer or Headamp
- Phonostage ...
Nice work SGregory, I will copy your idea double chassis for RIAA
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What about now?
DCin are red for right channel & black for left channel regs., both are AKG * NEOTECNICA * NEUTRIK Low Noise - High Quality professional microphone cable that don't use for signal but are shielded so for mine point of view perfect for DCin, the shield only connected in the regulator togheter the gnd cable, PSU only connected GND cable & B+ (shield not connected).
N.B. photo regs. DCin aren't connected for testing PSU voltage.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
DCin are red for right channel & black for left channel regs., both are AKG * NEOTECNICA * NEUTRIK Low Noise - High Quality professional microphone cable that don't use for signal but are shielded so for mine point of view perfect for DCin, the shield only connected in the regulator togheter the gnd cable, PSU only connected GND cable & B+ (shield not connected).
N.B. photo regs. DCin aren't connected for testing PSU voltage.
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