Parasound Zphono upgrade?
afterburnt
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I am using the P5's phono stage and the output seems low. The Zphono has a higher gain, will this help? Its price is about all I am willing to spend on vinyl play.
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If it has higher gain, then yes it will (i.e., it should, all else being equal, that is) play louder at any given volume level setting on your preamp/receiver/integrated amp/whatever than your current preamp.
Whether it will sound better, worse, or exactly the same, I cannot even speculate about, much less comment on intelligently
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@mhardy6647, there are no stupid answers only stupid people lol
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afterburnt wrote: »@mhardy6647, there are no stupid answers only stupid people lol
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I rest my case, then
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One of these days I am gonna need a separate phono stage anyway. I just have to live long enough.
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afterburnt wrote: »@mhardy6647, there are no stupid answers only stupid people lol
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I know I am not the smartest knife in the cue ball. -
afterburnt wrote: »afterburnt wrote: »@mhardy6647, there are no stupid answers only stupid people lol
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I know I am not the smartest knife in the cue ball.
... and I am not the brightest segment in the display.
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I am gonna get an Ortofon Black and call it a day.
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The president of Parasound told me not to buy a Zphono.
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Why's that? Sounds like that was an interesting conversation.afterburnt wrote: »The president of Parasound told me not to buy a Zphono.
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He said the P5 had a bigger power supply and was a newer design, the Zphono doesn't have all that circuitry around it. So it would be pretty much a wash. He told me to save my money and buy something nice for the wife, to butter her up for future purposes. I havent had a wife for 20 years for just this reason lol.
