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Any views on this?



I want to build a solid-state phono stage. I don't have the nous to design one so looking for a kit really. Wonder if anyone has built this or can suggest alternatives. Looking for the best SS phono stage I can build, cost, within reason, not a criteria.

Graham

With DIY its very difficult to know a market value. I think I would like to try and get back 30% of the price which would be about £1300. I don't need to sell but they are gathering dust and I am sure someone could use them.

Those are them.

Audio Note Kits; 300B Parallel-Single-Ended, Interstage transformer, mono-block Power Amplifier Pair, C-Core output transformers. 4 Shuguang 300B output valves and driver valves included.

I built these amplifiers two years ago, but I they do not really play well with my loudspeakers, which I am ...

I have a rather limited experience of different amplifiers. I am not a constant tweaker, rather I am seeking an end-state system, which is good enough for me to forget about.

Currently I have a WD phono and KT88 amplifier sitting between my newly acquired 401 and my Tannoy Kensingtons. The ...

I suppose really the LTP is a phase inverter so in essence which every way you cut it this is a PP design

Interesting, reading this forum I see that transformers are a little out of vogue , but do you think its possible that such a topology could have the strengths of a SET but with the power and range of a good PP? Better for example than a parallel SE output stage?

Is it possible to implement a fully balanced amplification system -where the cartridge output is split in half with a potential divider and all subsequent stages are singled ended only meeting as push-pull in the final output transformer? Is this a bad idea? If so why?

Traffic - The low spark of high-heeled boys with a glass of pinot grigio. Pretty good.

I read recently that when Cleveland Orchestra he oversaw changes to the Severance Hall in which a whole second of reverb was added to the acoustic. I would imagine that such a such an acoustic would ruin a rock concert. In fact I was surprised that it was considered beneficial to an orchestra even ...

Jascha Heifetz, playing Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor. Many great recording of this not least by John Williams on the guitar. This is the daddy as far as I'm concerned.

I Greg - good to hear from you.

Did you get my reply? It is in the outbox but does not seem to have migrated to the 'sent' folder despite being tagged as sent.

Regards, Graham

Wondering about Garrardists take on this;

https://www.classichifi-shop.co.uk/product/classic-301-in-black-20/

And if anyone can throw any more light on it?

It looks like a mechanically brand new 301 built using a reconditioned motor. The top plate is machined from a solid piece of aluminium ...

Hi Everybody,

I have been digital for years but just recently returning to analog – once I was a sceptic now I believe.

I live in Bristol and would be interested in hearing local systems

My current set up is as follows

Lenco 75 in custom plinth.
Origin live illustrious
Ortofon Cadenza Red
Chord ...