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Follow the signal.

03 / Playback

Follow the signal.

A record reaches the room through several stages: cartridge, phono stage, level control, amplification and speakers. A mixer may sit in that chain when selectors blend records.

Neiro publishes its cartridges and preamplifier; Shiru documents a phono stage and rotary mixer. Reading the full chain is more useful than judging the room by its speaker badge.

An example: Cambridge Audio’s MM / MC phono stage ↗

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