Kind of weak offering single ended outs only on a SS unit.
Many designers believe SE is superior to balanced.
Yes, and that includes Conrad and Johnson, Eva Manley, Vladamir Lamm....and more.
In the case of cj, it's not necessarily balanced per se but how it's implemented.
5 different equalisation possibilities , i dont know of any other brand that has that .
Just shows what a perfectionist the designer is imo , he probably doesnt believe in balanced design, if you also look at other products of his hand .
If it had also nab and iec i would be very interested
It would be easy to add iec and nab as well i assume ?
Wavestream Kinetics. Allnic. Graham Slee. EMT. Sure there are more. All you need is adjustable turnover frequency and roll off.
What was interesting is that someone told me the Sheffield D2D were cut with the EMI, not RIAA EQ curves. I don't know if that's true but am following up. That would explain their tipped up sound on for instance Confederation, The Harry James, TOP and say the funky bass on Amanda McBroom.
Can you ask Doug Sax?
Wavestream Kinetics. Allnic. Graham Slee. EMT. Sure there are more. All you need is adjustable turnover frequency and roll off.
What was interesting is that someone told me the Sheffield D2D were cut with the EMI, not RIAA EQ curves. I don't know if that's true but am following up. That would explain their tipped up sound on for instance Confederation, The Harry James, TOP and say the funky bass on Amanda McBroom.
Thanks, Myles. I haven't ripped any of my Sheffields yet. I'll try it with the EMI EQ. (I had Bottlehead custom build me a phono pre with adjustable treble roll offs, bass shelves and variable turn overs - so I can duplicate the Zanden settings as well as others for my earlier mono records. It has balanced outputs so it feeds directly into my PM Model 2.) To my ears it makes a real difference in the monos and early stereos, particularly the early EMI's and Deccas. I know what MF says about the Deccas, confirmed by the engineers still alive, but I still hear what I hear. For my rips of the early Deccas, I did both the RIAA and Decca EQ's so I can compare and change my mind if necessary.
Larry
Larry reread my latest post above! It was the DIN not EMI curve. They are different as Zanden has both curves.
For some info but alas no EMI:
http://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_database_record_equalization.php
Obviously EMI saw some use but I can't find a lot of info.
The there's this for those interested;
http://www.gspaudio.co.uk/78rpm-riaa-equalization.htm
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