I'm considering building a Pass Pearl II Phono preamp and I noticed that a majority of builds put the power supply in a separate enclosure.
How essential is this? For space reasons, I would prefer not to do that, but I will if it will have a discernable effect on sound quality.
Is it possible to use internal shielding and divide one larger chassis in half to separate the power supply? Also, I noticed that many people who build a separate power supply often stack the two enclosures, doesn't that defeat the purpose?
How essential is this? For space reasons, I would prefer not to do that, but I will if it will have a discernable effect on sound quality.
Is it possible to use internal shielding and divide one larger chassis in half to separate the power supply? Also, I noticed that many people who build a separate power supply often stack the two enclosures, doesn't that defeat the purpose?
With such high gain (55-65dB) the supply should be at a distance in a separate enclosure, to avoid noise pickup.
You could try it first in a single enclosure, and keep it that way if it is good enough in your system with your cartridge.
Stacking the supply with the audio circuit in separate enclosures tends to defeat the purpose, though.
You could try it first in a single enclosure, and keep it that way if it is good enough in your system with your cartridge.
Stacking the supply with the audio circuit in separate enclosures tends to defeat the purpose, though.
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