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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Monday, 09 May 2011 00:00 |
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 Pass Labs is highly renown for their audio components, some of which are pure Class A. Besides preamplifiers and power amplifiers, they also produce phono preamplifiers (also called phono stages), having begun with the Aleph Ono in 1997. The XP-25 is their latest version, which was designed by Pass Labs engineer Wayne Colburn.
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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011 00:00 |
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 With vinyl experiencing such an incredible comeback over the past few years, so have phono preamplifiers, a.k.a., phono stages. They are required because the output of a phono cartridge is so low - on the order of 0.3 mV to 5 mV - that the inputs of preamplifiers that don't have phono stages can't amplify the signal enough for the power amplifier down stream. Mass market receivers still have phono stages (they never really went away), but high end two-channel preamplifiers tend only to offer the phono stage as an optional card that would be installed at the factory. For the preamplifier that does not offer that option, an outboard phono preamplifier is the answer, and there are plenty of them out there to choose from. The current review is on the Bryston BP-1.5, which is a solid state phono preamplifier.
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Written by Rick Schmidt
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 16:00 |
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 Vinyl is back!!! If you get a new turntable, you will likely need a nice phono stage to connect the cartridge to your preamplifier. PS Audio has a good one. Read our review to see what we found. Note that this will work to make excellent music files for your portable music player.
Tags: MP3 | Phono Stage | Portable Music Players | Turntable |
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Phono Stages
