Completed the Eros this afternoon. All resistance and voltage tests passed (within tolerance). Plugged it in, and was immediately blown away by the sound quality. Huge upgrade over my existing ARC SP-9 phono stage (which I actually liked a lot, prior to today). (Will post a photo in the Gallery section later)
My only question would be about gain. Both the Eros and the phono stage of the SP-9 exhibit the same "shhhh" sound at very high volumes when no music is played. The Eros (connected to the "spare" input on the SP-9), however, needs the volume turned dramatically higher to reach the same levels of volume when listening to music. Measured casually on the line-out into a recording device, my Eros is about 20+ dB lower than the SP-9 phono stage.
I'm running this with a Rega RP-3 and Rega Exact cartridge.
Is there a mod or adjustment I can do to increase gain?
Thanks,
David
My only question would be about gain. Both the Eros and the phono stage of the SP-9 exhibit the same "shhhh" sound at very high volumes when no music is played. The Eros (connected to the "spare" input on the SP-9), however, needs the volume turned dramatically higher to reach the same levels of volume when listening to music. Measured casually on the line-out into a recording device, my Eros is about 20+ dB lower than the SP-9 phono stage.
I'm running this with a Rega RP-3 and Rega Exact cartridge.
Is there a mod or adjustment I can do to increase gain?
Thanks,
David