megabigeye
Headphoneus Supremus
Hi all,
I recently bought myself a new preamp for my turntable. I thought it sounded slightly off, so decided to buy another, different preamp. I think the second one sounds better... but then, it's prettier and cost more than twice as much as the first one, and I already thought the first one sounded off... So I'm doubting myself.
I already have a hodgepodge of switches kludged together, so switching between preamps is nearly instantaneous.
Both of the preamps have adjustable gain / trim pot. Playing music, I can get the volume close-ish by ear, but not quite matched.
I think on a DAC or amp I could play a tone and then measure the voltage, but I don't have a way to do that on a turntable. So what do I measure? And how exactly?
My aim isn't to prove anything to anybody or be particularly scientifically rigorous. All I want is to do is be able to decide with a little more certainty whether the extra money is worth it.
I recently bought myself a new preamp for my turntable. I thought it sounded slightly off, so decided to buy another, different preamp. I think the second one sounds better... but then, it's prettier and cost more than twice as much as the first one, and I already thought the first one sounded off... So I'm doubting myself.
I already have a hodgepodge of switches kludged together, so switching between preamps is nearly instantaneous.
Both of the preamps have adjustable gain / trim pot. Playing music, I can get the volume close-ish by ear, but not quite matched.
I think on a DAC or amp I could play a tone and then measure the voltage, but I don't have a way to do that on a turntable. So what do I measure? And how exactly?
My aim isn't to prove anything to anybody or be particularly scientifically rigorous. All I want is to do is be able to decide with a little more certainty whether the extra money is worth it.