Your great experience with Conrad Johnson gear echoed mine. I enjoyed the troublefree 'dual mono' Motif MC7 preamp and eventually had it upgaded by "Bill Thalmann" of MUSIC TECHNOLOGY.COM. Wow! He brought it to another level of musical enjoyment(cleaner more dynamic,etc) very reasonably. I'd suggest a quick call to him about your machine whether to upgrade or sell. I doubt you can upgrade the power cord(ie detachable) without a mod-and I'm not sure it's worth doing; However you haven't mentioned any power isolation or conditioning. You will be pleasantly surprised at the "new" sound after simply adding isolation. Probably "most" of the digital sound you're complaining of comes from noise contamination between digital & analog. Before doing anything else you should audition a few power conditioners, "at least" to isolate the digital, but try it different ways in your system. You could find you're still happy with the Sonographe and if not you'veat least experienced what conditioning & isolation does for your system. If you want a change I believe you'll find a used Denon 3910 a very exciting machine that could be resold w/o loss if desired. It will also allow you to try some power cords-I'd suggest a basic MIT Shotgun AC1 or preferably AC2.
Their cords enhanced my listening all round. If you contact BILL THALMANN say hi from Pete who had him do the MC7. He'll likely remember, and he's a great guy to know in this business. Happy listening.
Their cords enhanced my listening all round. If you contact BILL THALMANN say hi from Pete who had him do the MC7. He'll likely remember, and he's a great guy to know in this business. Happy listening.