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Mobile Fidelity Turntables - From The Master of Vinyl RecordingMobileThose who were around for vinyl's heyday of the 1970's and 1980's may have had the experience of hearing an audiophile quality half speed mastered Mobile Fidelity pressing that truly brought to life artist's works at a level not previously experienced.Mobile Fidelity has been the undisputed pioneer and leader in audiophile recordings since the company's inception in I977. Mobile Fidelity's founder Brad Miller was a producer and …

Turntable Phono Preamplifiers Do Vary In PerformanceA turntable produces a tiny voltage output (approx. 1/10th of a CD player's output)so it requires a phono preamplifier to raise it's output level to the same output as a CD player so decent volume levels can be attained.Back in the 1950's through to the 1980's most receivers and stereo amplifiers had decent inbuilt phono preamps.With a few exceptions that is no longer the case.That's why dedicated phono preamps come into the story.The few recei …

Why You May Need A Phono PreamplifierWhilst in the original age of vinyl,from the 1960's to the 1980's nearly all integrated stereo amplifiers incorporated a special phono stage into which the turntable had to be plugged.The reason for this is that a turntable has a much lower audio output (sometimes as little as one tenth that of a cd player).Without plugging it into the phono stage it could hardly be heard.With the demise of the record in the 1980's and the shift to the compact disc medium,amp …