I've looked a few sites that sell gainclone type kits but I haven't found one that sells preamp kits. I recently purchased a kit at chipamp.com so I'll need a pre for it. High fidelity is less important to me than having fun building and learning about a different realm of DIY Audio. Till now I've only built guitar pedals and a couple of amps.
There is an outfit out of China that sells little tube pres on Ebay and those look cool but I wouldn't know where to find a transformer that has the right secondaries for the heaters. Does anyone have any experience with the Chinese sellers? I've purchased several harder to find IC's from some sellers in Hong Kong (delay chips mostly) and have had good luck.
Of course, I'd prefer to keep the money in the states if someone makes a good pre kit.
Thanks again in advance.
There is an outfit out of China that sells little tube pres on Ebay and those look cool but I wouldn't know where to find a transformer that has the right secondaries for the heaters. Does anyone have any experience with the Chinese sellers? I've purchased several harder to find IC's from some sellers in Hong Kong (delay chips mostly) and have had good luck.
Of course, I'd prefer to keep the money in the states if someone makes a good pre kit.
Thanks again in advance.