In regards to "whimpy" pre amp..... National semi conductor developed a series of lo-noise hi gain LM3xx series of chips that became a workhorse in all kinds of stereo and audio systems.
The chips have hi-gain and 75khz band width so equalization doesnt degrade the performance with .05% distortion.
I bought some on ebay for about 22˘ each think of what a mfg would pay for them.
dnelson
--- On Sat, 3/5/11, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Possibly another reason why Technics is exiting the turntable business
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:08 AM
> No level control, and it's been
> complained about in various online reviews. I think they put
> in a pretty wimpy preamp (1 IC with the EQ network before
> the chip and/or in the feedback loop) and run it full-bore,
> which nets out to safely low level not to overload the
> non-great A-D chip and USB/SPIDF sections. As I said, this
> is not transfer/archive grade, but it's better than other
> multi-purpose USB turntables I've seen and read about. The
> better isolation and S-tonearm alone make a good case for
> it. As I said, I prefer the sound quality avoiding the
> built-in electronics but they aren't so terrible that I
> wouldn't use them to make a quickie digital dub of
> lower-fidelity material.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Judson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Possibly another reason why
> Technics is exiting the turntable business
>
>
> > Thanks for the info, Tom. I always thought that USB
> TTs were trashy quality, but this seems better. I wish
> they would do 24 bit! But one question - is there some
> provision for level adjustment pre-A/D?
> > <L>
> > On Mar 5, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
> >
> > Since your only choice is 44.1/16 digital output, you
> don't want too low levels, but this thing seems to
> strike a decent balance with most records and using
> standard-output moving-magnet cartridges.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
>
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