Thanks for those Mel.
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Thanks for those Mel.
That sounds interesting 😁Quote:
The Vivant was so close to matching it's performance. That's when Alan went home and added the things he had learned from the bake off and improved the Vivant.
Yes, mikeyb. The improvement came by way of diagnosing the "Miller effect" and then curing it.
Explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_effect
It has resulted in better focus and releasing the treble to float around delicately.
I don't understand all of the technical jargon but whatever Alan did, its worked. The improvements are more like fine tuning a precision instrument rather than overhauling the whole thing.
I don't blame you mate. Staggeringly good. :D
Plus, It would work very well the AT cart the OP mentioned.
I should also mention that the Nick Gorhams Phono stage was priced incorrectly by me !
Here's what Alan says
"The Nick Gorham MFA stage retails at £9500, just for MM input 😱 also, the DIY wasn't costed because it is a DIY piece"
http://www.jkwynn.co.uk/Pics/Aqvox%2...2CI%20mkII.JPG
What a coincidence Ken. I recently bought Hugo's AT33PTG as I wanted to try a LOMC with my Aqvox. My usual cart is a Hana SH. The AT33PTG is impressive but the jury is still out whether it's better than the Hana. Not sure if you're using the balanced inputs on the Aqvox? I've always run it balanced although I must say that even the RCA inputs completely transformed my Shure M97xE.
Front gain settings on the Aqvox should be quite different with those two cartridges. I'd expect that with the Hana SH the gain knobs should be turned to almost the minimum setting. I have an early MK II so my max gain setting is +14 dB with +3 dB at 12 o'clock.
With the AT 33 PTG I'd expect that the optimum gain setting should be somewhere in between +2.5 & +5 dB.
If you're not there you might try experimenting with those or other gain settings.
Thanks Blake, you're right about gain. I will need to play around more with the AT33PTG as it was clearly lacking drive compared to the Hana. Hana gain is set at 1.5dB and I think I had the AT at 3dB (12 o'clock) but can't be certain as it was a while ago. Must find some time to listen again.