Old pre-amp on Pass Labs mono's

[RobertS61]

Hi Scott,

Yes indeed, this pre-amp is 32 years old but I'm struggling a bit with the pre-amp compartment.
I have a Spectral DMC-20 with phono, a Spectral DMC-10 Delta (standard with phono) a Pass X2 line only, a Threshold FET 11G line only and this Coherence One Series II. I don't like streaming, do like CD's and have a kind of love hate affair with records which was my only source till I bought my first Wadia.
I do have good memories about the Rowland C1 and M7 setup I once had especially for phono but maybe I should leave these where they belong in the past,,,
Wish there was a good modern pre-amp with flexible onboard phono, balanced in and out (with XLR's ;-)).

Something in the league of this Coherence One, Mark Levinson ML-7(A) or Krell KRS-2 but than "only" ten years old...

 

[mbrennwa]

If you make your own cable I'd suggest to make it such that you can connect XLR pin-1 to the chassis of the preamp rather than to audio GND. You can read up on this by Googling for "XLR pin 1 problem".

 

[RobertS61]

If you make your own cable I'd suggest to make it such that you can connect XLR pin-1 to the chassis of the preamp rather than to audio GND. You can read up on this by Googling for "XLR pin 1 problem".

Okay thanks for your advice in this matter.