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In the Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications
Post Subject: EAR 834P without ET step up?Posted by drdna on: 12/13/2008
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I recently could not pass up a good deal on a EAR 834P MM, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to my current phono stage. It is funny since I had planned to listen to EAR phono stage in my system about 10-15 years ago when I lived in Santa Monica. The week I planned to go over to the EAR place, there was a major earthquake and everything was in disarray for a while. I never got around to it after that.
Today it has arrived on my doorstep and I will begin preparations to listen and to make modifications based on the End of Life path. I hope it will be instructive.
Are there any more changes that have been made beyond what is discussed in this thread that are suggested?
Also, I do not have a step up transformer, since all my cartridges are high output so I feel it is not necessary. However, Romy mentions the desire to use a step up transformer EVEN with high output devices because of a desirable character of the sound. I wonder WHAT is this character? Does the EAR 834P circuit demand a transformer coupling with the cartridge for some reason?
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