Phono stages employing feedback & record scratch "tic"

I thought I read recently that phono stages employing feedback tend to produce more of the record scratch tic & pops. Is this true?

robd211-16-2017 6:51pm

cedargrover Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 302 posts 11-17-2017 at 04:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Can't give you a bright-line rule, but my Ayre P-5xe is legendarily quiet and does not use feedback. Not sure if it is quiet because it lacks feedback, though.
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,567 posts 11-17-2017 at 07:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It can be an influence, but there is more to it than that. Its the actual stability of the circuit that determines how much it will exacerbate ticks and pops. The stability is not based on feedback. Feedback can add higher ordered harmonics of its own (while at the same time suppressing distortion), so if stability problems are present, the ticks and pops that show up will be even more audible due to the brightness added by feedback. But the root cause is not feedback itself.
robd2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 45 posts 11-18-2017 at 01:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good info, thank you guys.