gofar99 Messages: 1977 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, I read the book too and while there are good points, it is not impossible. However, I have something I want to try. Following the SRPP input stage with a cathode follower to feed the network. It would look similar to the output stage. It would provide a low impedance drive to the network and eliminate many of the shortcomings of a high gain first stage. Good thoughts, I suspect that trying to get a really good phono preamp has driven more than a few diyers crazy. Maybe that is why there are so many simple ones. It probably accounts for why many of the name brand ones now are IC based.