Turntable preamp adjustments

madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
edited February 2006 in 2 Channel Audio
This is a little deep into turntables but I thought it was interesting. On decent TT preamps you normally have gain control, capacitance and resistance loading. One would consider that you set the capacitance and resistance depending upon the cartridge. Not necessarily true! Today I tried a different set of amps and found quite a difference depending upon the amps you use. Unlike CD players you have to actually use your ears and decide what sounds the best. With the Jolida the best settings were 47K ohms resistance and 170 uf capacitance but when I hooked up some Manley monoblocks the optimum settings ended up being 25 ohms and 440uf capacitance going through some MC transformers. Totally different! With the Jolida these settings sucked. With the Manleys, it sings. Just goes to show that some experimentation can totally change your experience. Call me a geek but I'm going to sleep much better tonight! :D

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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited February 2006
    Geek :p
    There happy now?
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited February 2006
    btw,that's some serious system you have there.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    It's all used crap but it's a lot of fun!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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