First impression: Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp
scm So you had enough volume with the passive even though you had a very low 0.24mV MC cartiridge, you didn't have >100db horn speakers? also what was your amps gain or sensitivity? And the VP1 is the same gain and even higher output impedance. Cheers George |
For my preamp I used a DEQX HDP-5, which as you may be aware is produced by some of your fellow countrymen Down Under, and provides numerous DSP-based functions including improving speaker time coherence and room correction. To make that possible analog inputs are converted to digital Yes I know Kim and Al very well, they are 200mts down the road from me in Brookvale. So Al now I know it's not possible for you to go passive with the Herron, as you use the Deqx as the pre, your converting your vinyl to digital then doing room/speaker digital eq'ing and xover'ing to it, then bringing it back to analogue domain again. Cheers George |
Yes I know Kim and Al very well, they are 200mts down the road from me in Brookvale.Awesome! It's a small world, as the saying goes. I've spoken with Al (Alan Langford) at length on the phone on one occasion, and communicated via email on several other occasions. He's always been very helpful, and a pleasure to deal with. Professorsvsu, apologies for the digression. Best regards, -- Al |
Awesome! It’s a small world, as the saying goes.Yeah, I don’t know if you know this but Kim (who owns Deqx) was the co/inventor of the first Fairlight Synthesizer back in 1979. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOlPCpSmhRM Here's a pic of a young Kim Ryrie https://www.mixonline.com/.image/t_share/MTUxNDIwMTI5OTI3MTc3NDQ2/509techof11gif.gif Cheers George |
@georgehifi So you had enough volume with the passive even though you had a very low 0.24mV MC cartiridge, you didn’t have >100db horn speakers? also what was your amps gain or sensitivity? And the VP1 is the same gain and even higher output impedance. George..I have a lot of volume on tap as it sits. My speakers are not all that efficient @ 87.5 db or something like that, they are Revel F52. I had everything spec wise when I was looking for a buffer but I may have tossed them. The amp is an ATI 3002 |
