Cartridges and phono settings

[Greg]

Thank you    Waiski , mabye i Will try Soundsmith .

High output MC cartridges in general do not provide the sound finesse of a low output MC cartridge. You will miss out on the subtle sounds and nuances potentially available from your vinyl. As ever with the Devialet, you are making a compromise to get rid of the hiss. 

I have yet yet to send my hiss recording to Mathieu Pernot as he requested at the Oxford Audio event last month but will get it done soon. In the meantime, I’ll continue with my separate phonostage regardless of how ridiculous Mathieu considers my approach. I think what you said in another thread about the size of phonostages is correct. As much as I hope for a solution from Devialet, I believe the reality is that if your vinyl replay is important to you, an external phonostage is the best solution with step up transformers as a secondary option.

Of course, I am using a single D250. I have to acknowledge that vinyl through my friend @NickB ‘s D1000 system, it has a hiss level that is much more tolerable, infact inaudible from the listening position, but with two amps, that is to be expected.

Never the less, a £13,500 single integrated amplifier should have a hiss free phonostage regardless of the cartridge used. That it does not is for me a major disappointment.