solid state phono amplifier

[Ianm2]

with the best chips for ease of build and design

[BOONDI]

Am using one of these as my phono stage on MM at the moment cause I dont have the cash for anything with valves in at the moment. It sounds good, but would probably benefit from a decent PCB and a bit of thought into the guarding around the op amp input pins.....

[Martin213]

Ian,
I use the WAD SS phono,designed by Dominic Baker i think(damn memory ),can take it 2 Eggfest 3 if you like.

Regards

Martin

P.S. Justin,will you make an appearance,with your new 'speakers,lol :p

[rong spellin]

Originally Posted by Martin213

Ian,
I use the WAD SS phono,designed by Dominic Baker i think(damn memory )

Yes,I believe it was Dominic Baker who also helped design the KLS2's,KLS8's and the early KLS3's and others before going to St.Etienne to continue his speaker design education.

PS I voted SS.

[Martin213]

Hiya 'rong',
R u a Slade fan by any chance?
(8) Mama,we're all crazee now (8)

[JerryT]

I'm ambidextrous - so with valves on one hand and transistors on the other I'm bound to be happy!

Seriously - a decent solid state RIAA preamp might be fun - especially if it had all sorts of upgrade paths. But it would have to be better than the JLH one (which IMHO makes the game harder).

Jerry

[bikerhifinut]

I'm happy with my Valve Phono stage, But before that I was very pleased to use a Rega Fono MC. Inexpensive and quite a big bang for the buck. I can't see how a kit of parts would be that much cheaper than most of the halfway decent S/S phono stages.
Just my thoughts. It makes a lot more sense to make one's own Valve stage on a performance/cost basis than a solid state one. Ready to be shot down in flames now............................................... .................................