RIAA Noise Calculator
Because of the inherent Johnson noise of any resistance, phono cartridges have a noise floor. It’s useful to know what that is so that design targets for phono preamps can be set. The cartridge resistance is surrounded by several reactances (e.g., the cartridge...Spreadsheet Calculator
I’ve added a spreadsheet calculator for phono cartridge noise. You can find it here.A Couple Updates on the M3.3 modification article
At the end of the M3.3 biamping article, I’ve added a bit which obsoletes much of the earlier material on electronic crossovers. I got a Behringer DCX2496, put in Jan Didden’s passive RC outputs, and, well… the old modified X2 sits in a pile in my...His Master’s Noise Phono Preamp
My phono preamp for MC cartridges, His Master’s Noise, was published as a feature article on diyAudio.com.