Half size amplifier series from Bakun ProductsPhono Equalizer Amplifier EQA-5640The state-of-the-art MK4 is now available!
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The CAP series multi-curve phono equalizer, which has already been well received,CAP1004In the same way, it will be a model change equipped with five 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 analog power supply of the high-capacity toroidal transformer and SATRI-LINK, the 6-step gain setting that supports a wide range of MM/MC cartridges, and the original Bakun casing.
To review the old equalizer curves, the recording industry until the 1950s had a mixture of various equalizer curves in addition to the RIAA curve, which is the current standard equalizer curve.
Each record company at the time set their own standards for the equalizer curve, and even within the same company, it could differ depending on the recording age.
However, if the equalizer curve is different every time the record company you want to listen to or the year of production is different, you will not be able to listen to music with proper sound if the phono icon setting cannot be supported in the first place, which is inconvenient. It may or may not be.
So, let's unify the equalizer curve so that everyone can listen to the record with a proper sound without hesitation, and now it is unified with the Recording Industry Association of America = RIAA.
This time Bakun's newPhono Ico EQA-5640MK4This is where the key is to say, most phono equalizer amps on the market should only support the current RIAA curve, so when you listen to old records from the mid-1950s or earlier, you will be listening to a completely different setting and a sound that is far from the original sound.
So, it's a problem before the sound quality.
EQA-5640MK4It is an equalizer amp equipped with 6 types of curves: NAB, COLUMBIA, FFRR, AES, and OLD RCA, which are currently standard RIAA and typical old equalizer curves.
By using these 6 types of equalizer curves, you can enjoy your vintage discs from the latest records with their original sound! It is an item.
If you listen to records from the 50s and 60s using this phonoico, it should have been around 1954 when it was unified into the RIAA.
For example, The Astrud Gilberto Album, recorded at RCA Studios in 1965, has a much better sound extension and resonance when listened to at RCA than at RIAA.
The RCA studio here was built in Hollywood in 1964, so I think it's a normal RIA in terms of the era, but if an album recorded here in the 60s is better than RCA Curve.
According to my research, it seems that some of the DECCA and 60's were recorded at FFRR.
Aren't many records from the 1960s actually using the original curves set by record companies before the RIAA? It may be one of the pleasures to listen to and compare.
In any case, it is an eye-opening item for analog fans who are listening to old records and want to hear the real sound of the vintage in their collection.
By the way, Bakun Products is very well known overseas and the evaluation of its products is very high (so much so that a patent for the company name was applied for without permission and it became a court case), and CAP-1004 is a hot product right now that it is selling like a fly.
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EQA-5640MK4 is here
https://www.exclusive-audio.jp/shop/products/detail.php?product_id=741
Click here for CAP-1004
https://www.exclusive-audio.jp/shop/products/detail.php?product_id=589
