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| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? I second Groovey on the SunValley Phono stage. If you get it prebuilt in Japan, it comes with VCaps and all the other internal components are pretty good quality. The only downside of it is the MC section which is terrible. Otherwise, top notch... | |
| SUT help @atmasphere I was referring to your comment about using the least gain from the SUT the better. That has not been my experience. By the way, I am still using your line stage and love it. | |
| SUT help Re atmasphere: Key is the noise floor of the phono stage. I have found that using a SKY SUT to bring the input to the phono stage at about 7mV works best to my ears in most cases. Of course it depends on the quality of the phono stage. | |
| Hana ML Phono Stage / SUT I am personally using a Hana ML. It sounds best to me using a 1:20 step up transformer into a Standard MM phono stage. I have tried several step up combinations. | |
| SUT help I have personally tried lots of combinations with the Hana ML and Hana Umami Blue and Red. 1:20 is perfect if you set your phono to 40dB and 47k ohms. If you have a Hana SL, then 1:10 is the best match. | |
| Goldmund Studietto repairs Services by Marks repairs all kinds of gear that no one else can fix. I know for a fact that he personally owns 2 Goldmund Studio linear tracking tables. <MichaelAlanMarks@aol.com> | |
| A phono preamp with equalization selector You might want to check out the SunValley EQ-1616D | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge Hana cartridges are now 20% off through the end of December. | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity You can get a Benz Ruby 3 in a Cardas Myrtle wood body. Cardas sells them as a Myrtle Heart cartridge. | |
| Vacuuming after ultrasonic vinyl cleaning I vacuum one side, then flip it and vacuum the second side, then vacuum the cork mat, then vacuum the first side again. | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? 1:20 is the best match for the Rosewood into the Audio Note. | |
| VPI upgrade? VPI has a walnut prime b-stock new on their website for $3375 | |
| VPI upgrade? You can get the Prime 21 with a gimballed arm installed at no extra cost. The bass response with the gimballed arm is amazing!. But if you want to change cartridges, you are better off with unipivot. You can get a separate arm with unipivot and... | |
| Shindo Masseto w Koetsu .3mv output The late Art Dudley was a Shindo fan, and if I remember correctly, he preferred the use of an outboard SUT vs. using the internal Lundahl transformers. His favorite was a Hommage T1. If you look at the end of this review, you can see his prefere... | |
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