Nakamichi PA5-II Power Amp Fuse Question

If it's as the circuit diagram you may have bigger problems. There is a soft start circuit present and so if a T4A fuse has blown it may well be more than just an old thermally cycled fuse that's the problem. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by MrMacphisto

Dave, thanks for the advice. I saw your other post as well. So what your saying is that I will get better sound quality if I were to use the tape (recording) outputs instead of the line outputs? I am currently the CA5 using as phono stage for my MM cartridge. I may well look into purchasing a dedicated phono stage in the not too distant future, but I suspect I would probably get a better return from my money by investing a decent MC cartridge before upgrading to a dedicated phono stage (as the CA5 certainly isn't bad IMO). Is this the right approach?

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the ca-5 has a very good phono stage,i preferred it over the firebottle loan one on here,not much in it though,do a google search and you will see people buy it just for the phono stage alone!

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Originally Posted by jamie123

the ca-5 has a very good phono stage,i preferred it over the firebottle loan one on here,not much in it though,do a google search and you will see people buy it just for the phono stage alone!

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It's a Threshold phono board ;)

a threshhold to me means something you carry your bride over! please enlighten me.

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Originally Posted by jamie123

a threshhold to me means something you carry your bride over! please enlighten me.

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Earlier, '80s Nelson Pass brand. Very good stuff in its time and still highly regarded by many.

This Threshold Stasis 1 monoblock is a tasty example:

http://i67.tinypic.com/2el3sxl.jpg

well i never!

Bet you did. You're just not letting on. ;) :D

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Originally Posted by jamie123

the ca-5 has a very good phono stage,i preferred it over the firebottle loan one on here,not much in it though,do a google search and you will see people buy it just for the phono stage alone!

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I can confirm what young James is saying, I bought one after hearing Jamie's and I'm very happy with it

I certainly have no complaints with my CA-5EII pre-amp so far, but then again, I haven't compared it to anything side-by-side, which would be my next step should I decide to upgrade. I suspect that a MC cartridge and better tonearm would provide me better gains for my money rather than adding a dedicated phono stage into my setup, unless anyone else can convince me otherwise?...