Pearl Phono up and running (pics)

nate · 14th June 2005, 03:24 AM

Thanks to promithius for the great pcbs!
The casework is aluminum and mdf (internally shielded with copper foil from www.onlinemetals.com). The faceplate is Indian rosewood and the mdf case is spray enamel black.

I'm running my Pearl with a Music Hall MMF-5 with the 47K loading resistor, Rogue Magnum 66 line stage and Audio Research D-125 tube amp. It sounds great. I've had a Grado as well as a Clearaudio Basic phono stages come through my system recently. They were both a little better than my Hagerman Bugle (with battery) and were quite a bit better than the Bugle (when used with the regulated power supply). I won't go into to much detail, but the Pearl is quite good!

nate

nate · 14th June 2005, 03:26 AM

here is the back

nate · 14th June 2005, 03:31 AM

The outboard power supply is connected by two Neutric XLR connectors. Here is a shot of the back of the power supply chassis. It was built just like the main chassis already pictured.

nate · 14th June 2005, 03:35 AM

Here is the back of the preamp

cowanrg · 14th June 2005, 03:58 AM

can we get an idea of what the entire piece looks like? its hard from just small shots of single sides.

also, someone will ask... we need to see the guts

nate · 14th June 2005, 04:08 AM

here is a better shot of the power supply

nate · 14th June 2005, 04:12 AM

guts

cowanrg · 14th June 2005, 04:15 AM

nice innards. now lets see some full-figured pics of the unit! none of this camera-phone style photography work

nate · 14th June 2005, 04:18 AM

one more-

I shouldn't have even bothered posting pics..... I should be LISTENING!!!!

cowanrg · 14th June 2005, 04:22 AM

now there we go! interesting use of MDF for the case. i was wanting to do that awhile ago with another project that never happened.

have you ever thought of using some sort of lacquer or resin on the wood faceplate to shine it up a bit? it will bring out the grain a lot more.

looks good though. it feels good to be done. its a feeling i seldom get

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14th June 2005, 03:58 AM	#5
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	can we get an idea of what the entire piece looks like? its hard from just small shots of single sides. also, someone will ask... we need to see the guts

14th June 2005, 04:15 AM	#8
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	nice innards. now lets see some full-figured pics of the unit! none of this camera-phone style photography work

14th June 2005, 04:22 AM	#10
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	now there we go! interesting use of MDF for the case. i was wanting to do that awhile ago with another project that never happened. have you ever thought of using some sort of lacquer or resin on the wood faceplate to shine it up a bit? it will bring out the grain a lot more. looks good though. it feels good to be done. its a feeling i seldom get

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