A friend of mine is trying to put together a decent phono rig and acquired a Spectral DCM-12 at the bargain basement price of $0. The power supply was included, but no AC cable and no 5 pin DC power cable. I've been doing some research to try and figure out what can be used. Would this cable work as the DC power cable?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1244232-REG/bae_5pdc_5_pin_dc_power_cable.html
I'm also assuming that I can just use any standard AC power cable, but am starting to get concerned because I have seen some $600 AC cables with shields and filters being sold for these. I see that spectral equipment amplifies all the way up into the MHz range and doesn't have internal filtering. Can you use them without these highly filtered power cables or will they oscillate or have other problems that make them unusable?
There's a pretty low budget for this build. We don't even know if the unit works as it was literally found in a basement. We are trying to figure out if this preamp will be reasonable to use in the build if it does work. She may also be able to acquire a Dynaco ST-70 to use as a power amp. Will this preamp (assuming it works) work with a ST-70? I'm aware that we won't get the Spectral experience from this setup. The Spectral preamp sort of fell in her lap so we are seeing if it can even be used at all without blowing the budget, or is it basically just going to hiss and hum unless hundreds of dollars are spent on power cables, power line conditioning, etc. Any advice on how to press forward?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1244232-REG/bae_5pdc_5_pin_dc_power_cable.html
I'm also assuming that I can just use any standard AC power cable, but am starting to get concerned because I have seen some $600 AC cables with shields and filters being sold for these. I see that spectral equipment amplifies all the way up into the MHz range and doesn't have internal filtering. Can you use them without these highly filtered power cables or will they oscillate or have other problems that make them unusable?
There's a pretty low budget for this build. We don't even know if the unit works as it was literally found in a basement. We are trying to figure out if this preamp will be reasonable to use in the build if it does work. She may also be able to acquire a Dynaco ST-70 to use as a power amp. Will this preamp (assuming it works) work with a ST-70? I'm aware that we won't get the Spectral experience from this setup. The Spectral preamp sort of fell in her lap so we are seeing if it can even be used at all without blowing the budget, or is it basically just going to hiss and hum unless hundreds of dollars are spent on power cables, power line conditioning, etc. Any advice on how to press forward?
