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is this a better unit than the CJ PV12L

"Dampener"?? did you mean dampers?

Really a S H I T preamp?

I had one of the PV-10a"s till I replaced it with a Rogue RP-5. I do miss the PV-10a phono preamp, it was one of a kind.

You're waffling too much Alex. At 7 mins, still didn't hear about the secrets so bailed out. You desperately need to get to the point. You're so mixed up and incoherent

A lot of belt drive turntables are rated very good and don't cost very much; a good cartridge also can be found at under $100. Setup is important. There are fails in digital. It is not capable of multichannel; it is always one digital stream which then has to be split decoded and output. So if you were to attempt to compair a single short note that was quadraphonically recorded and try to replicate that via digital; it won't sound good because syncronizing the outputs will be a problem; where as the stylus on a record is moving up down left right and in the case of quad - its velocity is also being used without delay; so output is inherently in sync.

You keep referring the "90s" as if it were the "50s"! I mean, if the records were made of vinyl, and not shellac, it wasn't a LONG time ago! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

All prramps must be noninverting is purely snake oil

Cotrect the phase ? Dam it dont matter

I verting phase IS NOT A DRAWBACK. Just tell me technically why all preamps need to be non inverting. You dont have to switch speaker wires. INVERTING PREAMPS ARE JUST FINE. NO BEARING ON SOUND WHATSOEVER

I have a special reciever where in the amp menu. A number has to be set for turntable to put out the best sound

Yo do this with capacitors too!

Pro ject is a austrian company, not ukrainian

Why aren't you using the felt washer with Michell clamp? That felt washer is very important to use.

Sorry, but telling new vinyl users to spend $1000 on just a turntable as their first one is just.... eh. There are so many good cheap used Technics out there, like an SL-J3 if they like the buttons, or something like a Denon DP-11F or JVC QL-F320 or Pioneer PL-570, etc... All can be had for $100 in excellent condition and are great units. Especially for a new listener. Or for a new one, how about an Orbit for $250 if they want to go the "old school" route.

I love my Pro-ject E. It’s head and shoulders better than what all my non-audiophile friends have. My one audiophile friend hates on it. I don’t lose any sleep over that. The clamp vs weight discussion was very helpful. I’ve been wondering. Since I have an acrylic platter I don’t need more weight. Thanks.

You took the snake oil at another level!

I think you’re absolutely right about the Premier 10 being one of the best pre-amplifiers made. To make the same pre-amplifier today would probably cost 17,000 or $20,000. If you remember, Conrad Johnson had to come out with the Art preamp that cost $17,000 just to try to beat it. But I listen to the Art and I didn’t think it was any better than the premier 10 it was just a lot more modern and fancy looking with a remote control.

I actually started with the 50$ table and cheap records and have been hooked ever since. Of course my settup now is almost a down payment on a house but the humble beginning was enough to get me hooked.

The link for the mat doesn’t work. It says the product can’t be found.

Back in the 90’s, they say if you can’t afford a CJ preamp the next best one is ARC.

"It sounds better than my digital setup" Weird because records have a 0.5% up to 5% harmonic distortion, mono bass below 100 Hz, limited dynamics, a high noise floor, 30 dB of channel separation at best. and speed variation all over the place. So no way in hell it sounds better than digital. My phone plugged into that stereo would sound better than that turntable.

Congrats on your sl1200 gr . I had it and upgraded the 1200g back in the day they were released . Amazing turntables .

I was frustrated with vinyl at first but I stuck with it and now it’s my favourite way to enjoy music. The only thing that bugs me with my modest setup is I have to boost the high end slightly with the eq on my amp to get it to sound right, is that normal? I’ve got my turntable setup as perfectly as I can get it so I don’t think that’s the problem. My preamp is a cheap pro-ject one so may not be the best. Cartridge is an ortofon om10. I don’t know? It’s not a huge problem though as it sounds great I just need to eq a little bit.

Do you really think, that the mat do a difference ? I'm very sceptical. I have an older SL-1200 MK2 and the biggest improvement was to buy a better cart.

hi new fan. Wanted to chime in on Duch Audio Group. They have a new clamp you need to look at. New direction stuff like many of their offerings. I'm new to DIY but excited for the journey. I'm liking the Purifi and Hypex nail amps and preamp with a VTV buffer added . Still on the fence though. I'm still looking for a great hi spec ladder dac build as well as the Ian of Canada stuff. Speaker wise I'm really thinking of doing a Kef Blade inspired design. Sketch up designed than slice it up into 3/4 inch segments so to cut on a cnc router. Have a blessed week, Kenman

6 minutes in i gave up ,,he just rambles on about his gear conquests ..never made it to the vinyl "secrets" part

Great video & good job 👍. Ive only been building a couple years now and have played it safe using the Dale metal films. Im about to build a simple 6sn7 preamp..not many resistors in the circuit so i bought & decided to try the ARMG carbon films..along with some TKD 2W and 5w Mills in a couple spots. This preamp circuit is going to be perfect for me to try different resistors. The Audio Notes will be next 😁

Limited sound and speaker's loud.

I can see that your mat, that rubber/cork thing is slightly to small in diameter. It should have been as a vinyl LP in diameter or as your platter. It´s not much but you get some vibrations on that missing 10mm.

That’s why this brand disappeared they don’t believe in balance input /output .

Thanks for the video! I dipped my toe in analog with the Audio Technica 120 with an shure 97se cart. It looked cool, like the Technics it was a copy of. After a couple of years and visits to friends houses I decided that the sound just wasn't that good (even with the onboard phono amp disconnected). After 6 months of looking I got the Rega P3 with a Schiit Mani2 phono amp. I've since fully upgraded it with pretty much all available upgrades from Tango Spinner (looking back I should have just bought the P6, but hindsight and all). I couldn't be happier with the the sound of my LPs. punchy bass and an incredibly low noise floor that I can easily hear every tiny detail from Echoes by Pink Floyd. The Audio Technica was a very noisy TT. You could easily hear the direct drive motor "chunking" between songs. That being said vinyl is a labor of love. No album hits my player without getting a bath in a vinyl styl record cleaner and then vacuumed dry, before they get new inner and outer sleeves which I now only buy from Audio storage solutions, as he's a small business with good quality products. The double pocket outer sleeves are crystal clear and I never have to touch the actual sleeve again if I don't wish to. While I do love popping on a record, CDs are still in a large rotation at my house. I think that DAC's have come a long way and "loudness wars" of the early/mid 2000's have largely disappeared. Even the newer Cds from the Metallica super deluxe box sets are actually very well done. Spin on You Crazy Diamonds.

Enjoyed the video, regarding the Record weight concern, by using the Michell reflex style clamp you are pushing down and twisting the collet mechanism each time you engage the clamp. This is worse than using a record weight with less than 400 grams in mass. The Record weight has other advantages over this style of clamp. A threaded spindle type clamp is superior to both IMO. Turntable bearings and motors on "most" turntables are over engineered to handle much more mass than what the platter has.

Hey. Andrew here from Australia. The rubber mat that comes with all Technics turntables starts out thick and gets thinner near the centre. This is because the record is only supported on the first 2 cms of it to keep the record well away from the motor as far as possible. I own an original SL1200 MK 2, brand new out of the box and fitted it with an Ortofon Black cartridge. After I dialled in the correct weight tracking angle anti-skate etc, it sounds a million bucks. I,ve been a club DJ for over 40 years as well as sound engineering and if you have to start using computers to compare one deck to another, you,ve really lost the point.

I never liked the tantalum capacitors from their reputations in the 1980’s.

I have a question, maybe you can help? I have just built a single ended mono block, amplifier set, and used audio note tantalum non-magnetics as grid stoppers. The rest of the resistors in the signal path are silver Tantalums with AMRG carbon film in less critical placements. Output transformers are Lundahl amorphous core and all wiring is stranded silver in Teflon. It sounds very warm, detailed and transparent, but I can’t help wondering whether the copper tantalums as grid stoppers is holding it back?

Liked and subscribed! What is your opinion on the best modern production (currently being produced in 2024 with a reliable USA distributor) affordable replacement resistors for building vintage guitar amplifier circuits. I know nostalgia purists want Allen Bradley carbon comp resistors, but I want to create vintage amp circuits with modern available resistors that will last a lifetime, but still have that vintage charm. I've been tinkering and repairing vintage tube amps for years, and I want to start building my own design ideas. Your input is greatly appreciated.

There are two main problems with carbon comp resistors, firstly, they tend to be inherently noisy and generate hiss-noise, secondly they drift out of tolerance, usually they drift high in value, metal film and metal-oxide resistors tend to be a lot less noisy and more stable in value, that is they don't drift out of tolerance.

There are two main problems with carbon comp resistors, firstly, they tend to be inherently noisy and generate hiss-noise, secondly they drift out of tolerance, usually they drift high in value, metal film and metal-oxide resistors tend to be a lot less noisy and more stable in value, that is they don't drift out of tolerance.

There are two main problems with carbon comp resistors, firstly, they tend to be inherently noisy and generate hiss-noise, secondly they drift out of tolerance, usually they drift high in value, metal film and metal-oxide resistors tend to be a lot less noisy and more stable in value, that is they don't drift out of tolerance.

There's another way to correct the phasing, all you have to do is feed the output of the preamp through a unity-gain inverting buffer circuit which could be built using op-amp ICs or a twin-triode tube, one for each output channel, and since the inverting-buffer circuit presents unity-gain, or a gain of 1, it should introduce minimal distortion and, or, noise.

There's another way to correct the phasing, all you have to do is feed the output of the preamp through a unity-gain inverting buffer circuit which could be built using op-amp ICs or a twin-triode tube, one for each output channel, and since the inverting-buffer circuit presents unity-gain, or a gain of 1, it should introduce minimal distortion and, or, noise.

If you cant measure the difference then OBVIOUSLY there is none, the rest of it is in your HEAD.

I think their solid state amps sound best. Very nice.

Conrad Johnson Premier Three is the TOP .........................

The CJ-10 sounds great! i have pv-12 and mv-45 which sound really nice as well. Used CJ gear is going for a lot these days.

I have a similar Hanpin-based turntable, the AT-LP140xp, and it also came with loose bearings. Because I had gotten the thing during lockdown and I had already sent one back to Zzounds already for a really loud hum, I decided to attempt to fix mine myself. Fortunately I had a jeweler's screwdriver set I had gotten from Micro Center, so I picked the two largest ones to loosen the outer ring. It was nowhere near a professional job, but it definitely tightened (no pun intended) up the sound. It ended up being only slightly less musical than my Music Hall mmf-2.2. It ended up being my primary vinyl ripping deck for almost a year.

Conrad Johnson tube amp is famous for projecting excellent stereo imagery and gives a full-bodied sound, excellent. I am afraid the use of preamp is dying practice unless you really prefer analogue like sound.

Get the 1200gr 2

Very transparent resistor??? ..What is that that black magic