http://hem.fyristorg.com/cophnia/phonoA.html
Check out this MC amp.
Anybody who knows anything about this amp? Nice photos!
Price tag 11500 SEK (=1230 USD)
Check out this MC amp.
Anybody who knows anything about this amp? Nice photos!
Price tag 11500 SEK (=1230 USD)
MC HEAD AMP
Hi,
This must be a brandnew company.
I've never heard of them before and I doubt the product is already distributed worldwide.
Maybe someone living in Sweden might check it out.
From the pix on the website I could spot a number of ICEL coupling caps.
Glad to see they like those too.
I said it before:if you want a good cap and don't want to pay for the hi-fi parts stuff,these are among the best you can find.
Cheers,
Hi,
This must be a brandnew company.
I've never heard of them before and I doubt the product is already distributed worldwide.
Maybe someone living in Sweden might check it out.
From the pix on the website I could spot a number of ICEL coupling caps.
Glad to see they like those too.
I said it before:if you want a good cap and don't want to pay for the hi-fi parts stuff,these are among the best you can find.
Cheers,
Well, if one side is enough, then I see nothing wrong with a
one-sided PCB, and there does not seem to be any jumpers
on the board. What worries me more is that it seems to use
the cheap type of IC sockets, but I may be wrong; it is not
easy to see this on the pictures.
Does anybody have any idea what op amps they are using?
one-sided PCB, and there does not seem to be any jumpers
on the board. What worries me more is that it seems to use
the cheap type of IC sockets, but I may be wrong; it is not
easy to see this on the pictures.
Does anybody have any idea what op amps they are using?
Christer said:
I series production you don't need at sockets at all! It adds nothing but cost and bad contact! I think the pcb type is a matter of visual feeling, also adding ground planes is a good idea in many senses. If you (or I!) buy a gear for >1 kUSD I demand immaculate electronics. Single sided pcb's is cheap!
Opamps, I think most of the parts comes from ELFA www.elfa.se . AD797, LT1028, LT1115 maybe?
peranders said:
Unless they are using cheap op amps and want to make it
easier for tweakers.
I agree, it is probably a prototype in the pictures, but still, it
doesn't look good with bad sockets.
I think the pcb type is a matter of visual feeling, also adding ground planes is a good idea in many senses. If you (or I!) buy a gear for >1 kUSD I demand immaculate electronics. Single sided pcb's is cheap!
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Maybe they have some good reason for not using ground
planes, but probably not, more than to save money. Sure, one
should expect a lot for that price, but I wonder how many amps
for that price really are immaculate. I was almost shocked when
I saw schematics of the Bellini and Donizetti amps, and that is
one of the reasons I have ended up on this forum. It seems one cannot expect much even in that price range.
Opamps, I think most of the parts comes from ELFA www.elfa.se . AD797, LT1028, LT1115 maybe? [/QUOTE]
Yes, it would be surprising if it is not one of those, but it would
be interesting to know which one. Why do I get a suspicion
that they have taken a design from the app notes of one of
these op amps and just added some good caps and a nice
enclosure.
BTW Per-Anders, I think you recommended using either of
the LT amps in your phono amp? Why not AD797? Have you tried
it and didn't like it?? There seems to be a number of
commercial designs using AD797, but I haven't heard of one
using either of the LT amps, so it would be interesting to know
you reasons.
MC PREAMP.
Hi,
From what I saw on the pics they could have rearranged the layout in such a way that the RCA in- and output could be soldered straight to the PCB.
Also it would be useful to have the dipswitches for cartridge loading where they can be set without opening the case.
Just my two eurocents,
Hi,
From what I saw on the pics they could have rearranged the layout in such a way that the RCA in- and output could be soldered straight to the PCB.
Also it would be useful to have the dipswitches for cartridge loading where they can be set without opening the case.
Just my two eurocents,
long as there is isolation
And what exactly is isolated in this case? The term dual mono is just an advertising gimick except for in power amps where the ability to put each amp close to the speaker is desired. Sharing a common supply and grounding does not sound much like dual mono to me. For the amount of money this guys is charging you would think a seperate power supply chassis would be in order. I looks like a very overpriced and mediocre design to me.....
Underwelmed,
Fred
And what exactly is isolated in this case? The term dual mono is just an advertising gimick except for in power amps where the ability to put each amp close to the speaker is desired. Sharing a common supply and grounding does not sound much like dual mono to me. For the amount of money this guys is charging you would think a seperate power supply chassis would be in order. I looks like a very overpriced and mediocre design to me.....
Underwelmed,
Fred
Coph Nia seems to be a magic wand in, IMHO, what seems to be the nutcase religion of O.T.O. Ordo Templi Orientis. Description is from their Book of the Law:
"the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force
of Coph Nia"
PLEASE don't put me in the sinbin for this picture from my current country of residence:
/UrSv
"the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force
of Coph Nia"
PLEASE don't put me in the sinbin for this picture from my current country of residence:
/UrSv
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