phono preamps with a subsonic filter?


Anybody wanna throw me some suggestions? Is it possible to build one into an existing preamp somehow? Are they left out because they taint the overall sound, or just because most folks don't need 'em? I've got a couple of records that make the woofers in my speakers move in scary ways, like they're trying to detach themselves from their baskets.
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Showing 1 response by dopogue

No band-aid, a subsonic filter is essential if you're using a good subwoofer -- or your main speakers extend really low -- and you're trying to play vinyl. There's all kinds of subterranean garbage on LPs that the engineers probably didn't even know they were recording. Like those subway trains that are all too audible on many early London (English Decca) LPs recorded at Kingsway.

One thing sure, if your woofers are trying to play this stuff, they're definitely screwing up the sound of the low frequencies you WANT to hear. Dave