Bakoon Productsof the half-size amplifier series fromPhono equalizer amplifier EQA-5640The latest MK4 has arrived! !
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The CAP series multi-curve phono equalizer has already been well received.CAP1004Similarly, it will be a model change equipped with 5 types of old equalizer curves other than the world standard equalizer curve RIAA.
CAP-1004The major differences are the higher quality of each component, the large-capacity toroidal transformer analog power supply and SATRI-LINK, 6-stage gain settings that are widely compatible with MM/MC cartridges, and Bakun's original casing.
To review old equalizer curves, the record industry up until the 1950s had a mixture of various equalizer curves in addition to the current standard equalizer curve, the RIAA curve.
Each record company at the time set their own standards for equalizer curves, and even within the same company, the standards could differ depending on the year of recording.
However, if the equalizer curve is different every time the record you want to listen to is made by a different company or produced in a different year, you won't be able to listen to music with proper sound unless the phono amplifier settings are compatible in the first place, which is inconvenient. It may or may not have happened. .
So, it was decided (I think) that the equalizer curve should be unified so that everyone can listen to records with proper sound without hesitation, and now it is unified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). .
This time Bakun's newPhonoico EQA-5640MK4The key here is that most commercially available phono equalizer amplifiers are only compatible with the current RIAA curve, so when you listen to old records from before the mid-1950s, you're listening to completely different settings and a sound that is far from the original sound.
So this is a problem that goes beyond sound quality.
EQA-5640MK4This is an equalizer amplifier equipped with six types of equalizer curves: the current standard RIAA and the representative older curves NAB, COLUMBIA, FFRR, AES, and OLD RCA.
By switching between these six types of equalizer curves, you can enjoy both the latest records and your vintage discs in their original sound!!
When you use this phono EQ to listen to records from the ’50s and ’60s, although the RIAA standard was supposedly unified around 1954,
for example, The Astrud Gilberto Album recorded at RCA Studio in 1965 sounds much better in terms of sound expansion and resonance when listening with the RCA curve rather than RIAA.
This RCA studio was built in Hollywood in 1964, so chronologically, you would normally expect RIAA to apply, but perhaps albums recorded here in the ’60s might actually sound better with the RCA curve.
From what I’ve researched, some DECCA recordings in the ’60s were also recorded with the FFRR curve,
so it might be fun to compare and see whether many records from the 1960s were actually using the original curves set by the record companies before RIAA became standard.
In any case, for analog fans who feel that the sound of old records is muffled or want to hear the true sound of their vintage collection, this is a highly recommended item that will be an eye-opener.
By the way, overseas,Bakoon Productsits recognition and evaluation of the product are extremely high (the company name’s patent was even unexpectedly applied for, leading to a lawsuit), and the CAP-1004 is currently a hot-selling product.
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