This would bring the following benefits to its performance:Getting rid of the tonearm cable is good. But the location otherwise says nothing about operating balanced- if anything, you'll need it even more as the preamp is susceptible to noise from the phono motor, especially if single-ended. Plus you'd need to transmit the signal to the preamp, so it would be beneficial to have a balanced output too (I say too because a cartridge is a balanced source).
Elimination of the sensitive and susceptible phono cable
Reduction of the need for a balanced phono stage
Reduction of noise without the need for balanced design -- half of the battle is won already.
built-in phono stages -- good idea?
It seems to me that the best location for a phono stage is at the tone arm wire end -- in the turntable. My thoughts:
This would bring the following benefits to its performance:
Elimination of the sensitive and susceptible phono cable
Reduction of the need for a balanced phono stage
Reduction of noise without the need for balanced design -- half of the battle is won already.
Both are significant advantages, I think. But this puts some limitations on the design of the phono stage:
Needs to be very compact solid state design, probably SMD. Access to loading options and mc/mm switching need to be thought out and accessible from rear or underneath. Again, both doable.
Why don’t we see this more often? Your thoughts?
Herman
This would bring the following benefits to its performance:
Elimination of the sensitive and susceptible phono cable
Reduction of the need for a balanced phono stage
Reduction of noise without the need for balanced design -- half of the battle is won already.
Both are significant advantages, I think. But this puts some limitations on the design of the phono stage:
Needs to be very compact solid state design, probably SMD. Access to loading options and mc/mm switching need to be thought out and accessible from rear or underneath. Again, both doable.
Why don’t we see this more often? Your thoughts?
Herman
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