There is a misconception that noise pickup is reduced by placing the input RCA connectors (and similarly XLR input connectors in a fully balanced system) on opposite sides of the amplifier rear panel and then running short wires to the…
The X-Altra MC/MM RIAA Phono EQ article Part 1 and Part 2 were published in the 2021 February and March issues of audioXpress magazine. You can download a copy of both Part 1 and Part 2 from the audioXpress website…
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The HPA-1 is a compact high performance class A headphone amplifier that will deliver up to 1.75W into a 32 Ohm pair of headphones. The amplifier features ultra-low distortion, very wide bandwidth and class A operation up to 13 V…
You may be in for a surprise: actually not that quiet! The reason of course is that the cartridge inductance and resistance dominate the noise in any decent phono amp. To get the best in terms of noise performance, you…
