I listened to the 3.0 phono this past weekend at Myles's place, and I must say, this is one spectacular phono section. Extremely quiet, extremely resolving, fabulous and tight bass, extended highs, very transparent... just exceptional. And it also lets you A/B loadings. I would even call it a killer phono, very worthy of a home audition.
I have two now....Lamm LP1 Sig and Allnic H5000 DHT. If I add another one, Doshi will be it. It's nice to have two great phonostages to get some variety. Having three may be even better !
Just have been playing my Doshi 3.0 tape pre pro with Nick's latest additions (as of 12/19/2016). Sounds wonderful with the latest Tape Project tape (Mozart Piano Concertos 21 and 24 from Reference Recordings - Eugene Istomin piano.)
Can anyone tell me how to interpret the display of the v3 phono stage? I am auditioning a used unit without a manual, and the display readout is x.xx, so I don't know how to interpret a loading of, e.g. 420 ohms or 500 ohms.
I am using a Benz LPS cartridge. My current Einstein phono stage, run "wide open" has a resistance of 470 ohms, or 940 in balanced mode (from the Einstein manual.)
I tried initially running the Doshi with the display reading 4.70, then 5.00 (which sounded a wee-bit better). I just wish I could interpret the readout accurately.
This is the readout, I think this may be an early version of the v3 cosmetics. I've seen other pictures that don't have the decimal point. Should this be interpreted as 251 ohms?
This is the readout, I think this may be an early version of the v3 cosmetics. I've seen other pictures that don't have the decimal point. Should this be interpreted as 251 ohms?
I don't think the loading goes down to 2.51 so the readout confuses me. On my first MC input I have it set to 270 for my Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement. No decimal point. If I move it to MM it says 47.0.
The photo on the Doshi website does not show the decimal point, so there must be some change to the display on the newest v3 units.
Now you, like myself, are confused about how to interpret the display.
From the website: With MC cartridges, loading can be varied from 10 to 250 Ohms in 10 Ohm steps and from 250 to 6K Ohms in 20 Ohm steps. Two loading options can be stored and toggled to allow instantaneous comparison, thereby facilitating fine-tuning of any MC cartridge. Two MM inputs—47 kOhms and 10 kOhms—are also provided.
I did cycle through the inputs, and remember seeing the 47 but don't recall the location of the decimal point. I am going to take a few pictures of the range of values on the display, see if anything can be interpreted, including looking to see where (if) the values change how much they increment. It will at least give an idea of where 250 Ohms is.
OK, problem solved... I just needed to continue to decriment the values, the display lost the decimal point and continued down to 10, so now I can set at 480 with some confidence that gets me 480 Ohms.
Holy Crap! At 420 my Benz LPS is knocking me out right now. Tonality is now what I was hearing from my Einstein, but I am gobsmacked at the extra resolution and mostly the extra three-dimensionality of voices and instruments. Placement on the soundstage seems to be more precise and focused. How much of what I am hearing is excellent tube vs. excellent solid-state I can't say as I've never run a tubed phono-pre before in my system.
Has anyone tried replacing the 12AT7s in positions 3 and 4 with 12ax7s to increase the gain? My Ortofon Diamond Anna has a very low 0.2 mV output so getting a little extra gain would be helpful at times.
