Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
Well it works. As sim predicted. Just some real cheapo polyester eq caps from an old video recorder to prove the idea right now but still sounding very nice.
Hi Jez, I would be interested to hear this, especially in comparison to my Meridian 101 pre-amp with IMCOS module! No rush and happy to be at end of list. Incidentally, I saw you are a Richard Thompson fan - 'Bright Lights' is one of the albums I'd be testing this on. Did you see his Albert Hall birthday gig?
Jez's new DrT unit arrived on thursday, after a wipe round bleach the packaging was set aside for a couple of days detox. Cracked it open today and installed it in place of my Paradise.
Theres sufficient gain even with my Benz LP cartridge, 40 ohm internal impedance, so it should have plenty of volume for any other cart. Backgrounds are quiet, timbre is well balanced, it's a touch light in the bass but so is the dv, and kits stage with the Benz LP, it's a real outlier as far as impedance goes.
It does sound very much like kits stage as best as I can recall. Right up there with the usual sub £1k stages in terms of resolution, separation, noise, timing and delicacy.
I'll move it on to mrdog and ynwoan, ortofon black and troika respectively.
Nice work jez, another fine analogue weapon for your armoury.