In Reply to: Direct input to ST-70 posted by hvlee on April 3, 2020 at 15:53:12:
The Van Alstine filter is not really needed, IMO. There's a simpler way. Here's the fairly recent, landmark lab study by Dave Gillespie of the original Stereo 70 circuit... the entire document is a "must read," but regarding the DC offset thing, have a look at the top third of page 10, where Dave provides a simple procedure for adding DC blocking capacitors to the Stereo 70 inputs:
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