A bit of nostalgia, a landmark design, most agree...

The most expensive phonostage on the market in 1988 - US$1895!
A SS FET design by John Curl.

www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/tas-legacy-the-vendetta-research-scp-2-phonostage/

JGH: www.stereophile.com/phonopreamps/640/index.html

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legendary indeed.

was this the first separate phono stage ?

I'd still grab one if I saw one at the right price and i'm not a huge fan of outboard phono stages per se.

Aug 25, 2017 21:43:03 GMT 12 michaelw said:

was this the first separate phono stage ?

Good question.
At the time, there were many MC 'step-up' devices (which were intended to feed into a MM phono-stage), but a MC/MM phono-stage with RIAA EQ that connects to a line-level preamp input?

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looking online... ps audio's first product was a stand alone phono preamp in 1974.

further to this thread...

curl also designed (with nelson pass) the nakamichi ca5 preamp.

theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?36468-Nakamichi-CA5-Pre-Amp-and-Phono-Stage

www.audiogon.com/listings/phono-rarely-seen-nakamichi-ca-5-preamp-with-john-curl-designed-phono-stage-shares-heritage-w-2013-08-18-preamplifiers-60091-wilmette-il



edit;

mea culpa !

the above is bs

straight from the aforementioned designer

I have never worked with Nakamichi ever. This preamp is below my design standards in any case. I guess they just used my name along with Nelson Pass for 'credibility’.

Oh, well, I can live with it. '-) Regards, John Curl