Phono linestage recommendation

[MarkC]

Hello,

I've been looking at my old Thorens lately and been seeing some pretty good deals on cartridges and now I have the urge to build a good phono pre to mate with my ST35 clone. Can anybody recommend a good design?

Thanks

[TomMcNally]

A lot of people are into the Hagerman Cornet ... he has kit options, or you could build your own.

http://www.hagtech.com/cornet.html

I fired up my Technics SL-1200 recently, and realized what a pain in the neck records are, besides getting up and flipping or changing them every 20 minutes, the pops all over the room drove the cat nuts.

[mesherm]

I'm sure everyone has their own opinions about what constitutes a "good design". My idea of a good design is usually something that is quick and easy to build with a minimum of tweaking.

Something like...
http://www.tubes4hifi.com/pre3.htm

[MarkC]

Thanks for the links...I was sort of looking for something I could build from scratch. I spotted this earlier :




Any thoughts?

[TomMcNally]

That would work, but the output impedance is very high, you might want to take a look at the manual for the Cornet, it's basically a stage like what you show, with a cathode follower for a nice solid low output impedance. You can build it from his manual.

[Shannon Parks]

Try this:
http://www.turneraudio.com.au/miscellan ... atics1.htm

I admit to being a huge Turner fan - his designs are spot on. His three tube design is better than Norman Koren's Dyna reworking, I think.

Plus there's a nifty jfet pre-preamp circuit in case you want to use a Denon DL-103 or the like.