[Review] PS Audio GCPH Phono Amp

goodhifi, could there have been something else awry, i've had the gcph in my house and its much quieter than my little CA 640p and that is in the mid 80db snr.
 
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sq225917 said:
goodhifi, could there have been something else awry, i've had the gcph in my house and its much quieter than my little CA 640p and that is in the mid 80db snr.
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I've plugged the GCPH straight in to an Accuphase P-5000 power amplifier; same problem.
 
sq225917 said:
heard the anatek with the cheapy Kuzma and prologue amps into the SF elipses this weekend at the show.

And it sounded exceptional, spatious, clear, fine detail and dynamics and very liquid.

i'd be guesing it's a discreet class A unit, defo no opamp taint to the sound and no hint of valveness.

its on my to buy list, knocking off the GCPH purely because its british.
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Hi,

I too heard at the Manchester show in that system. It does sound good. One to look at for sure.

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GCPH Noise

brizonbiovizier said:
Some sort of interference pickup?
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We measured with a DVM the balanced output of the GCPH at 100 ohm load and maximum gain on the front and back gain controls and found 2,2 mV AC instead of just a fraction of one millivolt.
Measurement done on the test bench; not coupled to anything else. Oscilloscope shows 100 Hz spiky hum plus hiss.
If the transformer isn't orientated optimally, the figure is even higher.
 
Umm interesting.

I just bought GCPH. Haven't plugged it in yet as no amp at the moment but I'll be surprised if it has any noise as that's (low noise) what people are saying is one of it's strong points.
 
So is this PS Audio hissy? And is this hiss/hum evident through XLR and RCA?

Anyone know how it compairs to the Chord phono or Ayre phono which both have XLR also?
 
funny none of the reviews mentioned it, infact low noise is one of its claimed features.

earthed through it's mains connection.... that's certainly different..
 

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