MM Phone preamp DIY kit

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Hi,
I have bought a Thorens TD-104 for 30 bucks last week.
I have now to add a phono preamp to my PGA based preamp.
I have seen some chinese kit on ebay, but I don't know how is there quality.
I need something at least with a PCB and without tubes.

Any advice ?

Regards

 

[konga]

This one is very popular. Hagerman Technology LLC: Bugle Opamp Moving Magnet Budget Phonostage DIY Kit

 

[studeb]

Why no tubes?

Other choices as a "kit":
Pass Pearl II
Bottlehead Seduction (tubes)
Boozehound labs Pacific based JFET kit on ebay
Oatley Electronics has a nice kit with PS, but it is 6418 based.
Phonoclonce VSPS and its brethren

 

[ads2]

Thanks Konga and Studeb.
Why not tubes ?
simply because it will not feed my case...

 

[ads2]

I have found also this one with very affordable price : 6418 Tube RIAA Phono Preamplifier Kit (Oatley Electronics K282)
it uses tubes but not too big

 

[RCruz]

Hi ads2

IMO you should try this one : http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/analogue-source/129126-simplistic-njfet-riaa.html

 

[ads2]

Ola RCruz,

to avoid reading the 500+ pages... is there a PCB available somewhere ?
Cascais .. nice place.. I love having vacation in Ericeira... not far away from Cascais.

Regards

 

[RCruz]

No pcb.

Do it p2p and you will be amazed.

Eu tambem gosto da Ericeira.... bom surf.

Onde é que tu vives ?

Ricardo

 

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Ricardo,

Do it p2p and you will be amazed.

what do you mean by "Do it p2p" ?
Eu vivo en Franca.
Planning again to go to Ericeira again this summer

 

[Fasterdamnit]

p2p stands for point-to-point. Use a breadboard or project board (a pcboard with a grid of holes) and put your components in it and solder them to each other or use wire to make the connections.

 

[ads2]

Thanks Fasterdamnit.
Any idea of cost of Simplistic NJFET RIAA ?

 

[RCruz]

Depends on your choice of components.

 

[konga]

RCruz can you post a picture of your finished board and maybe some info of the component choices and changes you made to the original design.

I'd love to know but I don't want to read though 500+ pages. Sometimes I wish the authors of these projects would update the first post with changes made through the discussion. It would make it a lot easier on us newbies.

 

[ads2]

+1

 

[Salas]

Sometimes I wish the authors of these projects would update the first post with changes made through the discussion. It would make it a lot easier on us newbies.

Did you even read post#1? Because there is a link to a PDF guide right there.

 

[RCruz]

 

[konga]

Ah! I missed it! I thought it was the title of the schematic and not a link.

 

[Salas]

Anyway its very anti kit like mentality to make such a phono. I would recommend OP-AMPs kit for sure and fast success. Hag, Phonoclone, etc.

 

[Michaelwang]

I have found also this one with very affordable price : 6418 Tube RIAA Phono Preamplifier Kit (Oatley Electronics K282)
it uses tubes but not too big

In echo ads2, I did 6418 tube RIAA phono preamp with mod. Please see my post at Vinyl Asylum - I made a DIY Phono Preamp - Michaelwang - April 12, 2011 at 11:54:30

 

[Burnedfingers]

I found a Chinese kit on Ebay for less than $40 ebay number 40022282440

didn't know how to make a link to it.

Not fond of this type of thing but I did compare it to the Bugle and it looks like its a copy with the exception of one resistor it added that the Bugle doesn't have. It uses the same OPA2134PA Op amps.