Simplistic NJFET RIAA

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Output cap

Speaking yesterday with Erno Borbely about passive I/V resistor for Buffalo II I ask him about the capacitor value to block DC after the resistor, Erno said that the right value will be choose depending the impedance where was connected, I remembered that I own his balanced lineamp & he answered that the right value will be 10uF.

All this explanation is about how to know the right output capacitor value for Phono RIAA, mine Borbely balanced lineamp + Phono RIAA will work better with 10uF instead 3.3uF?
 
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RIAA setup

While the Vishay comes I used several Koa & Xicon (both carbon film) to match the RIAA & changed several silver mica caps, mine setup now is:

Left channel
R3 47K // 1.8Meg Koa-Xicon = 45804R
R4 6k8
R5 1Meg Caddock MK132
C2 46.3nF + 324pF (marked 330pF) + 99 pF (marked 100pF) = 46nF723
C3 15.6nF + 330pF + 47pF + 47 pF = 16nF024

Right channel
R3 46k8 + 200R in series // 1.8Meg Koa-Xicon = 45804R
R4 6K79 + 10R in series = 6k8
R5 1Meg Caddock MK132
C2 46.4nF + 320 pF (marked 330pF) + 3 pF = 46nF723
C3 5.6nF + 330 pF + 47 pF + 47 pF = 16nF024

Super I get the exact values of Kabusa RIAA matching
R = 3.300 + 45.804 (47k//1Meg) // 1.000.000 = 46.805 (input Kabusa R1)

If you ask Kabusa calculator for R1 46.805 compute:
R2 Kabusa (Riaa R4) 6805.784 ohms (I have 6k8)
C1 Kabusa (Riaa C2) 0.046723 uF (I have 46nF723, exact value)
C2 Kabusa (Riaa C3) 0.016024 uF (I have 16nF024, exact value)

http://www.kabusa.com/riaa.htm