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What are the top 3 MM Phono Preamps Circuits to build?

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I'm a fan of Rod Coleman's shunt cascode circuit , have built a couple of versions myself (with 7963, a sort of subminiature 6DJ8), but wasn't going to post as they were scratch builds and took me a little time to work out details so wouldn't have fit into your "2 Easiest to build" parameter but I just learned from Rod that he has shunt cascode boards/kits available so am throwing this on the list.

It is shown here with a PC86 (It's been done with the E88CC as well), but can be built with pretty well any suitable tube you want. It makes for a very good sounding phono stage.
 

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Kay Pirinha said:
What does this series connection of a 100 nF capacitor and a 1.5V coin cell do?
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It's a drawing error, the battery should be on the other side of R28.
I didn't build it that way though - used cathode bias instead.

Edit: And a BC557C ain't no Darlington at all!
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Well, no t'aint, but you could make a darlington with them couldn't you? I used others but later on Rod found a single to be a better choice. I like it so much as is though, I haven't bothered to try the single.

Best Regards back at you!
 
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