[LAU] plugin for RIAA eq?

[Chris Edwards]

fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:58:16PM -0600, Josh Lawrence wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm looking to record some albums into Ardour.  I have a hardware
>> phono preamp that does the secret-squirrel RIAA eq stuff, but it's
>> very flaky.  Is there a simple insert-it-and-forget-it eq for record
>> players?
>>     
>
> The only real solution is a hardware preamp. You can apply
> the RIAA filter in software, but unless you start with a
> *very* clean digital signal it's not a good idea to do so.
>   

Josh, if you decide to go the hardware route as Fons suggests, and
you're not afraid of a soldering iron, ESP Sound have what by all
accounts is an excellent phono preamp for moving-magnet pickups.

Circuit description:
http://sound.westhost.com/project06.htm

PCB purchases:
http://www.sound.westhost.com/purchase.htm
--
Chris