Phono preamp kit to complement my DIY LM3886 and First Watt?

[spaceistheplace]

I was trying to simplify to minimize cost for the OP.

SUTs are not cheap.

Edit: GOOD SUTs

 

[Jennifer G]

Do you guys believe me when I say the LP sounds better than digital on my system? Even with a cheap Technics SL-D2 and $50 BBE phono pre? Is this possible? The drums sound particularly better and the music just makes a "happy alive" sound. I can't really describe it. Maybe because it has such great dynamic range?

What's a better way to playback a recording of an lp? digital 24/96 or recorded on a good hi-fi VHS cassette?

 

[Jennifer G]

How does the SL-D2 compare to the SL-1200 what were the differences? I wonder if the SL-D2 can be modded? Right now there is a very faint hum though even when the table isn't spinning.

 

[Hikari1]

Do you guys believe me when I say the LP sounds better than digital on my system? Even with a cheap Technics SL-D2 and $50 BBE phono pre? Is this possible? The drums sound particularly better and the music just makes a "happy alive" sound. I can't really describe it. Maybe because it has such great dynamic range?

What's a better way to playback a recording of an lp? digital 24/96 or recorded on a good hi-fi VHS cassette?

I am a mostly vinyl listener. Iam increasingly listening to digital though. Slowly I have come to recognize that digital is more detailed and has better bass. It depends on the recording. I have cds that sound better than the vinyl version I have and vice versa. Digital is in general more forward sounding to me though.

 

[6L6]

Do you guys believe me when I say the LP sounds better than digital on my system?

Yes, of course!

Because it does.

 

[Jennifer G]

Even with my cheap Technics SL-D2? LOL. Btw, I have the record playing sitting directly on the wooden cabinet shelf. Should I be using a mat or puttipng sponges or foam or cork or somethign underneath the feet? Would that improve the sound?

 

[Jennifer G]

I don't know what I'm doing lol.. I just cut four 4 inch or so squares from harbor freight neoprene workbench mat and placed a square under each foot. I don't know if it is wishful thinking or not but I am thinking it sounds better hrm lol.. I need to A/B it several times.

 

[exw9]

Of course, for best noise performance, don't stack the enclosures! Get the transformer ~1M from the RIAA boards.

I am building this pre-amp now and am feeling like getting lazy and fitting the PSU in the same 2U case as the RIAA boards (maybe with some metal between them). How bad of an idea is this to do?

 

[6L6]

How much noise can you stand? There will be (some) noise with the transformer in the same box.

 

[exw9]

i have la scala's which are super efficient and tend to show off any noise upstream which is part of why i am replacing those components with low noise versions. I guess i have my answer

 

[6L6]

You have LaScalas? I'd seriously suggest making an outboard PSU for your power amps also.

 

[exw9]

thanks, yes. currently running them on the ACA and they sound really great. also a B1 in the chain cut out most of the rest of the noise. on wards to the turntable!

 

[exw9]

Sorry for the dumb question, but I cannot for the life of me find the part for the turntable ground binding post. What should I be searching to find it? I have spent hours trying to figure this out. Thanks