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Firebottle
26-03-2016, 12:09
Long battery life MC head amp:

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050350.jpg

Specifications:

Battery life: 2000 hours

Battery: 3LR12 alkaline 4.5V

Input impedance: 1000 ohms default

Gain: 24 dB (x16)

Output impedance: Less than 200 ohms



http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050349.jpg

Cartridge loading can be altered with suitable loading plugs.
100 ohms loading plugs supplied.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050348.jpg


£150 delivered. :)


Or the connoisseur version with audiophile quality tin foil polypropylene output capacitors, necessitating a larger case,

£200 delivered.

Jimbo
26-03-2016, 12:24
Long battery life MC head amp:

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050350.jpg

Specifications:

Battery life: 2000 hours

Battery: 3LR12 alkaline 4.5V

Input impedance: 1000 ohms default

Gain: 24 dB (x16)

Output impedance: Less than 200 ohms



http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050349.jpg

Cartridge loading can be altered with suitable loading plugs.
100 ohms loading plugs supplied.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050348.jpg


£150 delivered. :)

Excellent Alan! Is the Firebottle graphics the finished article?

Definitely worth the wait! :thumbsup:

struth
26-03-2016, 12:37
Nice case Alan

Firebottle
26-03-2016, 13:30
Yes it's the finished article James.

:thumbsup: Thanks Grant, it took a while to get one but it's the perfect size.

CageyH
26-03-2016, 14:58
Something else I "need". :eek:
Well, need to listen to anyway.

Marco
26-03-2016, 15:13
Liking it, Alan! :respect:

This needs to be represented at NEBO :)

Marco.

Firebottle
01-07-2016, 07:59
Just testing this at the moment:

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/2000%20MC%20Head%20Amp/P1050542.jpg

:)

CageyH
01-07-2016, 08:51
Can you let me know when you have one that improves on the performance of the KIN MC stage? ;)

Ali Tait
01-07-2016, 09:19
Is this the version we discussed Alan?

Firebottle
01-07-2016, 10:06
Can you let me know when you have one that improves on the performance of the KIN MC stage? ;)

Difficult :doh:

Firebottle
01-07-2016, 10:07
Is this the version we discussed Alan?

Sure is Ali, just need to change one of the FETs as it's 'slightly' noisy :cool:

Ali Tait
01-07-2016, 10:18
Good stuff, how does it compare?

Firebottle
01-07-2016, 12:58
I've only compared it to the Gold (9V) head amp and the MC input on the KIN preamp.

The 2000 has a better more solid bottom end than the Gold head amp. Compared to the KIN the differences are about the size of a gnat's biscuit.
The KIN has more gain so the ultimate noise floor is lower, but I have to agree with Marco that there is just 'something' right about an external head amp feeding an MM stage.

There is a gnat's biscuit more focus or 'projection', it's very hard to pin down. It is the same with my valve head amp.

Technically it is difficult to understand. With an external head amp there is another capacitor in the signal line, plus the same FET is used in the 2000 and the KIN MC input.
MM input on the KIN is common cathode operation for the first valve stage, but common grid (usually referred to as grounded grid) when switched to MC operation :scratch:

Ali Tait
01-07-2016, 13:55
om thanks, sounds promising..