The way I understood is that this will be possible for PCM if you bypass the builtin phono stage.PS. Whilst I understand your objective for a DSD phono stage, I'd still be extremely interested in a capacitor-less eq, with eq performed by DSP, even if that means more 'conventional' a to d
I have (somewhere) a Jeremiah Braithwate esq (Stan Curtis) head amp from the late 70s/early 80s which I understand to be an I/V design
The way I understood is that this will be possible for PCM if you bypass the builtin phono stage.
It would also be great to have the amplification part usable for ie. dynamic microphones, but I don't suppose this will be doable.
PS. Whilst I understand your objective for a DSD phono stage, I'd still be extremely interested in a capacitor-less eq, with eq performed by DSP, even if that means more 'conventional' a to d
Thinking about it, for low MC you need lots of gain and this can be where hum and shielding is very important. do you think the inside of the MDAC2 is quiet enough for a phono preamp? my current phono has been lined completely with copper foil and I keep it as far from my other components as possible.
John, I'd really love a phono stage squeezed inside the MDAC2 !!
Its always been intended that any Phono stage I design (internal or external) would have RIAA / Flat EQ so that we can performed the EQ in the digital domain.
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My remark wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, since there's no "right" gain setting for all microphones.The RIAA EQ would be selectable so that it could be performed in the digital domain for PCM recordings - I'm not sure how much gain is required for a Microphone - but I'm guessing that even the MM's input gain would be too high?
here is already an AV Passthrough at Line-Level which could act as a PreAmp for other things, no?
My remark wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, since there's no "right" gain setting for all microphones.
I would prefer an external amp with selectable gain (cca 20-40dB) and a balanced "line" input for the ADC, just as originally planned. If the phono amplification section can't be bypassed (eg. just the RIAA EQ being switchable), I'll have to account for double-amp setup, I guess.