I recently purchased a pair of EMP E41 speakers. They sound fantastic even on the 35 year old hardware that I pulled from storage. I recently resurrected some 300+ vinyls hidden under the stairs. They've been there 25 years.
Many years ago, one of three little villains ripped the stylus off my Empire Z phono cartridge. I replaced the cartridge with a brand new Shure V15 IV. Less than a week later, the stylus was damaged once again. To keep myself from committing mass murder, I placed all my vinyls, turntable and other hardware under the stairs, vowing not to bring them out until all the little villiains were gone. Well, the 3 little villains have grown up and are gone.
I don't use the Phase Linear, too much noise. The Sony power amp had static at first but cleared up. However, every now and then, I hear something that just doesn't sound right. The right channel on the Kenwood tuner is gone. As romantic as I might have been about my old gear, the equipment failures and my son the Electrical Engineer and the one villain, I suspect is the real culprit of that dastardly deed years ago, has forced me to reassess the project. He had the nerve to laughed at my Phase Linear when he opened it up. His world is micro processors, multi-layered and surface mount circuit boards, firmaware, software etc. Ha! This is analog and everything is hand soldered, he scoffed!
Okay, I get it! It's old, older than he is. The Phase Linear's featured attributes were noise reduction and dynamic range enhancement for vinyl and taped music. Is it posslble to get the Phase Linear rebuilt? I need a preamp with RIAA phono equalization so, is there a product that anyone would recommend as a replacement for the Phase Linear 4000 preamp?
