Jimbos Audio ramblings

[Ubi]

this is the first all transistor phono stage I have ever used with my current set up and indeed with any set up I have owned so for me it was going to be a big deal. How would a very well received SS phono stage sound and how would it compare against an all valve phono stage? Also bear in mind this phono stage measures incredibly well with a very low noise floor of -151 dBv. It also has a super accurate RIAA EQ tolerance level (+/- 0.15 db). So I will be comparing a phono stage that probably measures way better than my Croft phono stage on almost every parameter, but does it sound as good!

The numbers published by iFi are "inflated" . To see how this phono preamp performs in neutral testing, the results are much different from advertised. You can look at them here https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...o-stage.35240/

You will make your own decision on sound, but i wanted to say "hey, this isn't how it is" and ask not to decide in concrete for all SS devices based on this one preamp.

[Jimbo]

So what do you use Zander?

[Ubi]

So what do you use Zander?

I own a Shigaraka. It was famous in Asia for the shortest signal route of any phono preamp.

[Jimbo]

I own a Shigaraka. It was famous in Asia for the shortest signal route of any phono preamp.

Not heard of the make and can't even find it on google?

[Macca]

The numbers published by iFi are "inflated" . To see how this phono preamp performs in neutral testing, the results are much different from advertised. You can look at them here https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...o-stage.35240/

You will make your own decision on sound, but i wanted to say "hey, this isn't how it is" and ask not to decide in concrete for all SS devices based on this one preamp.

RIAA is pretty much perfect suspect that's mostly why it's a good sounding phono stage. That and noise level I think are the big discriminators between stages, not distortion, or valves/solid state.

[CageyH]

I own a Shigaraka. It was famous in Asia for the shortest signal route of any phono preamp.

47 Labs Shigaraka?

[Jimbo]

Ah I think its spelt Shigaraki that's why I couldn't find it.

[AJSki2fly]

Keep them both.
Invest in a 2nd TT if you don’t already have one.

Now that’s a thought, but I think my other half would not see the funny side of that[emoji23]


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[CageyH]

Now that’s a thought, but I think my other half would not see the funny side of that[emoji23]


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[Ubi]

http://www.47labs.co.jp/4718.html