Thanks Dan
But i see no mention of him using the analog inputs, other than the phono
This was covered as I said by JA
It also has several inaccuracies in it
Such as suggesting it goes from class A to D, which is not correct and misses the whole point of ADH output stage lol
" Called ADH®, for Analog Digital Hybrid, this patented topology connects a small, high-voltage, but low-power class-A amplifier directly to the speaker, with then a parallel class-D stage providing the necessary current. This is reminiscent of the innovative "current-dumping" circuit developed by Quad in the mid-1970s, though the Quad circuit used a class-AB current amplifier. However, the AHD circuit differs significantly in detail from Quad's, and is considerably more complex. Extraordinarily, there only two resistors and two capacitors in the analog signal path! " JA's description
Also it may take many MCs with different loadings, but its MM stage has some funny loading values ? what is high
"The D-Premier's phono input preserved absolute polarity (ie, was non-inverting) in both MM and MC modes. Set to MC, the highest choice of input impedance was 460 ohms; I measured 461 ohms. In MM mode, the highest input impedance is unhelpfully called "High." I measured 14k ohms at 20Hz and 1kHz, dropping slightly to 12k ohms at 20kHz. This might bit too low for Shure cartridges, which like to see 68k ohms. " From JA's measurments
This is probably more important than loadings for MCs !!!
So still nothing on the analog inputs
It also flies in the face of Alan Sircum saying the phonostage was good but not great
Having said that, I personally thought the phonostage very good( as did JA), and I think a posting saying the purity of the output stage and the short length of the signal path, made up for shortcomings in the ADC, of analog, being digitised which at 24/192 is probably pretty transparent anyway
