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Old 18th Aug 2020, 8:09 pm   #49
bikerhifinut
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Default Re: Simple Op Amp RIAA preamp 1st lash up

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post
Just to preserve stocks of the Hitachi devices for people with Japanese amplifiers of the period needing them at affordable prices for restoration jobs, we must all stress how slow the bass is from the Hitachi RIAA stage along with indecisive soundstaging and utterly vile amounts of granularity.... oh god the granularity. These devices also exhibit negative authority!

I suppose to make this a believable review we now need a listing of equipment used to listen to them. Of course, I used the 'Unobtainium" tri-wire speaker cables from Megablast Products.

Anyway, it seems like you've enjoyed your journey, Andy.


David
Actually I rather like the bright orange double insulated 2 core flex that I salvaged from my dads old electric mower for speaker cables. Aged for 15 years in an AC environment and matured in a draughty shed.
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