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'LIVEWIRE?' · 21st Apr 2017, 11:59 am

The Deck is running well now, everything works including the turntable brake, Since my last post I've paralleled the two channels of the cartridge so that all the info. on a stereo disc is heard, abbeit in mono. The Bush SRP 30C has a stereo socket (75 ohm TV type for some reason best known to the designer(s)), but without an identical or very similar valve amp. it's never going to be used as a stereo. I'm sure this has been covered before, but, does paralleling the 2 channels of a stereo cartridge increase the output? I would have thought it doubled the voltage, but halved the impedance, but maybe I'm wrong!

21st Apr 2017, 11:59 am	#13
'LIVEWIRE?' Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.W. Oxfordshire(Chipping Norton) Posts: 7,306	Re: Garrard TA/Mark II (4SP) fitted with Chinese Cartridge The Deck is running well now, everything works including the turntable brake, Since my last post I've paralleled the two channels of the cartridge so that all the info. on a stereo disc is heard, abbeit in mono. The Bush SRP 30C has a stereo socket (75 ohm TV type for some reason best known to the designer(s)), but without an identical or very similar valve amp. it's never going to be used as a stereo. I'm sure this has been covered before, but, does paralleling the 2 channels of a stereo cartridge increase the output? I would have thought it doubled the voltage, but halved the impedance, but maybe I'm wrong!