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Sadly they are not that bright which adds to usability issue.
Imagine a color blind audiophile trying to get this thing to work.
Only if that affects the XLR outputs too, those are just as bad.Could this be causing some of the issues with the measurements?
@solderdude Not recommend is a fail. And on top, they sometimes measured bad.
... with hundreds of possible combinations that would be a days work - and certainly a sight to see Only if that affects the XLR outputs too, those are just as bad.
Even if it were only that, at 1500$ a mistake like that may not happen and if it does needs to be corrected by the manufacturer without the customer asking.
Cords DACs, though arguably overpriced, perform solidly.
Haha, what was the code for +3db Bass? green-green-yellow-red. Oh shiit that was power off.
Blue-Blue-Green-YellowWhat’s the bet that an engineer accidentally left a firmware flash function in there lurking to bite someone in the ass?
The existence of a firmware flash function for a 20 years old PIC has a quite low probabilityWhat’s the bet that an engineer accidentally left a firmware flash function in there lurking to bite someone in the ass?
Does it seem weird that the unit even requires such a "grounding plate"? It almost seems like a field retrofit for an engineering flaw. I've owned a few phono stages, but have never seen or heard of anything like this before. It would be good to see the manufacturer's response.@amirm I am an owner of one of these and had issues with noise in MC mode and after some fault finding I traced it back to the unbalanced inputs not being tied to ground. I inquired with Chord and they told me that the early batch of devices did not come with the grounding plate. They sent me one and it eliminated the noise. Could this be causing some of the issues with the measurements?
This is the part I’m referring to:
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Very much agree. Some devices have a ground lift switch on the back, which serves the same purpose. However I doubt the plate addresses the core noise issue. The spectrum of the noise neatly follows the RIAA curve, with maybe a tiny bit of additional 1/f noise. So this tells us that the noise source is early in the device and pretty much white noise. It jumps in amplitude with additional gain. No surprise here. It is not indicative of external noise to be fixed with grounding. It is consistent with Johnson noise in the device itself.Does it seem weird that the unit even requires such a "grounding plate"? It almost seems like a field retrofit for an engineering flaw. I've owned a few phono stages, but have never seen or heard of anything like this before. It would be good to see the manufacturer's response.
Does it seem weird that the unit even requires such a "grounding plate"? It almost seems like a field retrofit for an engineering flaw. I've owned a few phono stages, but have never seen or heard of anything like this before. It would be good to see the manufacturer's response.
Very much agree. Some devices have a ground lift switch on the back, which serves the same purpose. However I doubt the plate addresses the core noise issue. The spectrum of the noise neatly follows the RIAA curve, with maybe a tiny bit of additional 1/f noise. So this tells us that the noise source is early in the device and pretty much white noise. It jumps in amplitude with additional gain. No surprise here. It is not indicative of external noise to be fixed with grounding. It is consistent with Johnson noise in the device itself.
I can think of weird ways a stupid flaw in design or construction might cause noise like this to be reduced with changes in grounding but they are pathological mistakes that should never happen.
Clearly use of the grounding plate is intended to be optional, depending upon the final configuration of the signal chain. So we would assume that many users will need to leave it off anyway.
Perhaps you can ditch it on an auction site before word gets around and quietly procure a Cambridge Audio Duo. I'm amazed at the Duo's measured performance for such a reasonable price. Better the Cambridge than the Rega Fono MM MK3 to match the P6. ...I am wondering if they made mistakes implementing different ground planes on the PCB and the grounding plate not only ties the input stage to ground, but possibly other planes on the board, causing some irregularities. Just a random thought/guess.
Perhaps you can ditch it on an auction site before word gets around and quietly procure a Cambridge Audio Duo. I'm amazed at the Duo's measured performance for such a reasonable price. Better the Cambridge than the Rega Fono MM MK3 to match the P6. ...