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Hagerman Piccolo Manual

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HAGERMAN
T E C H N O L O G Y
Piccolo
Moving Coil Headamp
Kit Manual

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  • Page 1 HAGERMAN T E C H N O L O G Y Piccolo Moving Coil Headamp Kit Manual...

  • Page 2: Copyrights And Trademarks

    Hagerman Technology LLC. Copyrights & Trademarks © Copyright Hagerman Technology LLC 2007 - 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hagerman Technology LLC.

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    Description Congratulations! You have just purchased one of the highest performance-per-dollar audiophile products available. The Piccolo MC headamp fits between your MC cartridge and your MM phonostage providing the necessary increase in gain. The world-class circuit design employs low noise discrete matched JFET pairs for a very neutral and linear gain stage.
  • Page 4 Piccolo MC Headamp Kit Manual 2 Parts to Buy Parts List Parts can be ordered directly from www.digikey.com. A few screws, nuts, and miscellaneous have been included in the half-kit for your convenience. Component DigiKey Reference Designators 100uF 25V P12924...

  • Page 5: Circuit Board

    Piccolo MC Headamp Kit Manual 3 Assembly Circuit Board Assemble in the specified order, soldering and clipping leads before continuing. The surface mount JFETS have been pre-installed for your convenience. Beware of component polarity! Not all diodes or electrolytics are lined up the same way. The square hole is the positive lead.

  • Page 6: Final Assembly

    Piccolo MC Headamp Kit Manual If you want the Piccolo to be permanently on (not recommended for battery operation), then you can add a jumper as shown to S2. This converts the originally “off” position to a 0dB gain setting.
  • Page 7 Piccolo MC Headamp Kit Manual topside. This forms the turntable ground lug. Add knobs. Insert batteries and mount cover plate to box with four #6 screws.

  • Page 8: Installation And Use

    0.6mV – 2mV 12dB The Piccolo is very quiet on it’s own. However, in rare cases an installation environment might be noisy with stray fields. If you are experiencing hum, check for broken grounds, unshielded interconnects, nearby power transformers, etc.

  • Page 9: Specifications

    Piccolo MC Headamp Kit Manual 5 Specifications The following specifications are subject to change without notice. Item Specification Gain 12dB, 20dB, 26dB Input Impedance 47, 100, 220, 470, 1k, 47k ohm Output Impedance <300 ohms Bandwidth (-3dB) 10Hz to 1MHz Distortion <0.01% @1kHz...

  • Page 10: Warranty And Service

    Hagerman Technology LLC warrants this product free of defects in materials and workmanship for 10 years. If you discover a defect, Hagerman Technology LLC will, at its option, repair or replace the product at no charge to you provided you return it during the warranty period, transportation charges prepaid to Hagerman Technology LLC.

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