Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
I started this thread to get info on the SOTA head amps that 4-2-7 has decided to collect as they work well in his system. He complied and supplied what appears to be all the info he has on them.
To make this thread a bit broader, let's open it up to a discussion of the moving coil phono preamplifier or head amp, a device that amplifies an LOMC about 20-30dB to allow it to go into a standard MM phono input. Another device that does the same thing but is passive is the step up transformer. We'll put that in the discussion, too.
Since this is a discussion of a NON-equalized 20-30 db gain amp/transformer, it does not include all those generally newer phono preamps that have line level outputs. Looking to discuss the LOMC into MM phono amplification options at this point.
I'll ask Billfort to change the title to reflect this broadened topic.
To make this thread a bit broader, let's open it up to a discussion of the moving coil phono preamplifier or head amp, a device that amplifies an LOMC about 20-30dB to allow it to go into a standard MM phono input. Another device that does the same thing but is passive is the step up transformer. We'll put that in the discussion, too.
Since this is a discussion of a NON-equalized 20-30 db gain amp/transformer, it does not include all those generally newer phono preamps that have line level outputs. Looking to discuss the LOMC into MM phono amplification options at this point.
I'll ask Billfort to change the title to reflect this broadened topic.
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