The advantages of parallel detection systems for energy loss spectometry are certainly clear. A variety of approaches are possible ranging from simple film recording to elaborate intensified television cameras. We are in the process of evaluating one approach to such a parallel detection system, which consists of; a magnetic post-spectrometer lens to increase dispersion, a phosphor conversion plate, glass coupling lenses, a dual channeltron image intensifier, and a cooled photodiode array (Reticon RL256C/17). A schematic diagram of the system is shown in Fig. 1.The post-spectrometer lens is an RCA-3G intermediate lens which typically magnifies (∼15x) the dispersion to ∼25μm/ev with a rotation of ∼90°. Although the dispersion plane of the straight edge sector magnet used is tilted at 30° from the beam axis, pre-spectrometer optics reduce the angular divergence of the beam entering and leaving the spectrometer to ∼1 mr and the consequently large depth of focus assures that the dispersed beam is in focus across the conversion plate, perpendicular to the beam axis.