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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: karl on October 02, 2012, 03:09:09 PM

Title: Crack and Phono
Post by: karl on October 02, 2012, 03:09:09 PM

Does the Crack require a linestage to work with a phono preamp? I'm considering the Hagerman Bugle.

Regards,

Karl

Title: Re: Crack and Phono
Post by: denti alligator on October 02, 2012, 03:22:42 PM

You won't need anything between the Bugle phone pre and the Crack, no. The Bugle sounds pretty nice for the price, so I'd say go for it.

Title: Re: Crack and Phono
Post by: Tubejack on October 02, 2012, 11:53:14 PM

I used a bugle before I had my Eros completed.  Works fine. 

But since the Eros, it hasn't been back in the system since .... :)

Title: Re: Crack and Phono
Post by: Laudanum on October 03, 2012, 02:06:11 AM

Concur with the above.   I borrowed a Hagerman Cornet from the main system fed directly into Crack.  Then later built Seduction.   Both worked perfectly fine direct in to Crack.   I added FPIII with an eye toward adding an amp and speakers to this system.  But, not needing to swap cables was a nice benefit (I use 3 sources with Crack) while I work on the speaker setup.   I do take advantage of FPIII for a little more gain for phono sometimes but it isnt necessary.