RIAA Equalizer Amplifier Design
This article explores the fundamental’s of phono amplifier design, culminating in a few practical designs. Special emphasis is placed on overload margins (critical if you want good sonics from your EQ amp), driving the EQ network adequately and noise. RIAA Equalization Amplifiers V2.0 Below is the RIAA Calculator Excel spread sheet. Please read the article above, […]
Disc Recording Equalization Demystified by Gary A. Gallo
Pictured: A Neumann Cutting Lathe used to make the record master. Picture courtesy of Bakery Mastering This is one of the best non-mathematical introductions to the RIAA disc recording playback chain written. Gallo worked at the Crane School of Music in New York for 30 years as an audio engineer, where he also received a […]