Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
Latest names added. Nice to see so much interest! There must have been some huge ground swell in demand/market for head amps as about 5 years ago no one was interested!
5 years ago no one was interested!
I'm glad this is on track , I'm looking forward to trying it .
I think there is a market for headamps but they need to high quality and adjustable for gain and loading , the kind of thing you buy once and it suits all (within reason) of you future cartridge choices .
Having done the SUT merrygoround , it's a minefield that doesn't lend itself easily to choping and changing carts . Get it right and I'm sure there's a market out there , maybe it's a small one but it's there .
It has just occurred to me that that the simple common base design using a single OC81 (taken from an early sixties Mullard publication) that I used back around 1967 to match a low impedance tape head into the input of an EMI TR50 (normally a high impedance head straight to the first EF40) was in fact a head amp, not a term I was familiar with at the time.
I expect your new design will be a little more sophisticated....
...................in fact the term "pre-pre-amplifier" was sometimes also used
Any idea of what the gain will be?
Will this head amp project put back the availability of a Gti phono stage for audition?
I have many things taking priority over the phono stages at the moment and even I haven't a clue when I'll be making more. It is VERY unlikely to be this year though.
Hi Jez, could I be added to the list please?