New Gold Note PH 10
When I got the PH10 initially, I really liked it; however I was coming up off of a Clearaudio Smart V2, which is a very nice unit, but it’s restrained; what can you expect out of a $700 unit? With time on the PH10, I found that it was better at the mid range and not much different in the upper range/sound stage/imaging. That was what prompted me to try the Nova III which blew away the PH10 in low end bass and upper end. The next move was to try to improve the mid range and retain the low/upper ranges. That motivated me to try the Whest which I have heard so many great things about. It was the best move I made. It has not only as much dynamic low end power as the Nova, but it’s far more detailed and articulate. And that smooth well defined response carries throughout the ranges. I love it. This has been a very interesting journey over the past few months and it has given me a healthy appreciation for how some electronic pieces can perform so differently from each other. |
Chakster, just to give you an idea of how powerful the bass is; with its beautifully detailed articulation.... My ex-wife who still works for me and runs the business office at a location around 150 meters away, down the hill from my home made a comment to me two nights ago. She said "I could hear your music down at the office over the sound of the cars passing on the main highway in front. I was somewhat perplexed as I was not really playing it very loud. I had my Anthem AVM60 preamp set at around -25db level which is robust, but certainly not blistering and all I had open were the two French doors to the deck. I said what exactly were you hearing and she said the music and 'that bass'. It was just pounding. I guess that tells the Whest story well :) |
I am getting interested in this phono stage, as a secondary unit because I need more phono inputs. I went to the gold note website to read more about it. There they say that the phono inputs present a fixed capacitance of 330 pF . That seems rather high as a starting point, especially when you consider that the phono cables are likely to add 50 to 100 pF. That’s a fairly high total capacitance load on either an MC or an MM. Any comments? Have any of you owners questioned gold note about this capacitative load? Also, inside the unit, do they use discrete transistors or integrated circuits? Someone said something somewhere about an optional tube-based output stage. Yet I see nothing about that on their website. Am I just wrong in thinking such a thing exists? |
There they say that the phono inputs present a fixed capacitance of 330 pF . what i can see on their website about inputs is 220pF for both inputs @lewm : Input sensitivity: from 0.1mV MC to 7.0mV MM Input impedance: 9 selectable options [10Ω, 22Ω, 47Ω, 100Ω, 220Ω, 470Ω, 1000Ω, 22KΩ, 47KΩ]
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