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Ugraditus is calling....again. Phono stage?

There is likely nothing wrong at all with present phono stage but you know how it is.

Present analog front end consists of.

Nottingham Analog Spacedeck with Spacearm.
Shelter 501 mk3 cartridge with maybe 250 hours on it, regularly treated with Lyra.
Dynavector P75 mk3 phono stage.
Feeds into Lyngdorf 2170 via Nordost Red Dawn RCA cables.

My thoughts were that possibly the Dynavector is the weakest link and would pay most dividend on an upgrade but.....

What do I perceive I am lacking right now?
Really hard to say as this is highest quality analog front end ever owned.
Possibly lacking a little in sheer scale and dynamics? Bass is very very good, instruments are well separated and defined.
Just as an overall presentation I feel it lacks that final wow factor as a whole.
Not sure if that makes any sense?
Please comment honestly especially if you feel it is another area that may reap larger benefits. Or if should just leave well alone....lol.

Oh btw I am fairly sure it is setup correctly in regards to vta etc, at least to the best of my abilities right now. And yes setting it up correctly from initial purchase did make considerable gains in sq.
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Explains a fair bit.
Just had email reply direct from GoldNote.
The actual impedance is just 50ohm, not 500ohm.
They said the manual has error...lol.
So the ph10 should work very well with my 2170 via either/ or xlr or single ended.
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@uberwaltz

Thank you for the update.  I did not even think/know to match impedance when I bought the GoldNote, but I'm glad to know now that technically it's a good match.


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According to the Gold Note tech I spoke with via email, they designed it to accommodate just about any amp loading on the market.
Now one thing I do not know is what occurs if that ratio is sky high, say 500 to 1 or so?
Maybe someone smarter than myself will chime in and explain.
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Now one thing I do not know is what occurs if that ratio is sky high, say 500 to 1 or so?
No problemo, Uberwaltz :-)

It would be extremely rare for a problem to result from having too high a ratio, and in fact if that were occur it would most likely be the result of a design flaw in one of the components.

The only situation I can recall ever being reported in which a problem occurred from having too high a ratio was the one Ralph (Atmasphere) described in his posts dated 8-3-2012 in this thread.  And that situation resulted from an unusual combination of circumstances involving a preamp and a power amp, and a marginally stable power supply in the preamp.

Barring a design flaw in a component, I wouldn't worry even if the ratio was 10,000 to 1.

Best regards,
-- Al
 
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Al
As always many thanks for your assistance and clarification.
ATM, I am leaning towards the GoldNote as it should work very well into the single ended inputs on my Lyngdorf and I do like all the easily accessible features that do NOT include having to open it up and move jumpers around etc.
With all changes being made right at the front panel it is very easy to change gain and loadings near instantly and compare sq before short term memory leaves you questioning if that last change really did make any difference after it takes you 20 minutes or so to complete said change with jumpers.
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