Posts by nkd

Makes it easier to clean under them.

The phono stage included in the pro-ject table is exactly the same as their standalone one, as far as I know.

I managed to solder in EVERY electrolytic capacitor backwards on my sigma22... I realised just as I soldered the last leg fortunately, so nothing blew up! No idea how I managed to do that. I've never even got one in the wrong way on...

Does anyone have any experience with using Grado Headphones with a Grado Cartridge? My old budget cartridge is getting a bit worn out and I feel like upgrading rather than replacing the stylus... because that's what I do! I was...

I just finished my Sigma22 a few days ago. Worked first time! Considering my only other amp was a cmoy a about five years ago I was more than a little shocked! Now to order the rest of the components for the beta22 boards!

That's so retro I want it!

I love that wood case zkool. Have you considered dyeing the red catch on the headphone socket? The red looks a bit out of place on a case that nice!

Phew, I read this about a gain of 5 just before I put in the order for the final parts too! Thanks for the tip!

Bit of a noobish question, i'm sure! I'm working on a three channel beta22 at the moment, using all the standard component values from the site (gain 8). If I want to use it as a preamp too, is it as simple as having a switch to choose...

Phono amplifiers also provide equalisation, so you should never connect a turntable directly to a standard input on an amplifier, even if it can provide enough gain. It's probably more likely that either the record is in bad...