Re: About that Monolithic

Posted by jlee (A) on April 2, 2002 at 16:37:59

In Reply to: About that Monolithic posted by Robertc88 on April 2, 2002 at 12:19:59:

First, congratulations on your TT purchase. You have many hours of listening pleasure ahead of you. Enjoy!

My monolithic PS-1 sounded quite good right out of the box, if not its absolute best. I wouldn't worry about the long break-in period, as it is very listenable even during the break-in. YMMV of course.

PS-1 is a versatile phono stage - lots of load options that can be accessed without tearing it apart. It can be used with MM or MC cartridges (has 4 different level gains), and the only concern is that the maximum gain is 53dB which is only moderate for low output MC cartridges. I was worried about the same thing after ordering a dynavector karat 17d2 mk.II cartridge, which has 0.2mV output. It turns out that my tube amp was quiet enough so that I could turn up the volume pot to 2-3 o'clock, which gives me a decent listening level without hearing any noise at all.

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Topic - Should I get a dedicated Phono Stage? - orange 07:23:12 04/1/02 (12)

Re: Should I get a dedicated Phono Stage? - orange 05:24:49 04/3/02 (0)

Audiolab 8000 phono - janis 01:15:22 04/2/02 (0)

very good advice! - malinowsky 19:30:35 04/1/02 (2)

I'd at least try some outboard phono stages - Paul Tobin 05:32:12 04/2/02 (0)

howard's hereinbelow, I mean :-) (nt) - malinowsky 19:32:17 04/1/02 (0)

Why not do things one step at a time....... - howard 18:32:47 04/1/02 (2)

About that Monolithic - Robertc88 12:19:59 04/2/02 (1)

Re: About that Monolithic - jlee 04/2/0216:37:59 04/2/02 (0)

Re: Should I get a dedicated Phono Stage? - Mau'dib 09:46:01 04/1/02 (3)

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Re: About that Rega Phono - Mau'dib 13:00:38 04/2/02 (1)

Re: About that Rega Phono - Paul L 13:40:17 04/2/02 (0)

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Re: About that Monolithic - jlee 04/2/0216:37:59 04/2/02 (0)

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