Attention: Tube-Loving, Vinyl-Spinning, but DIY-averse Wall of Sounders! A Proposed Phono Preamp project, by Steve Graham Our first foray into DIY tubing was a success, judging by the over 22,000(!) views across all sections of the project. A few people actually took the plunge and built their own, too. The two Aikido line stages I built both sold and as far as I know the gentlemen that bought them are happy with their purchases. At least I haven’t had any complaints, yet. But that was almost two years ago, so I reckon it’s time for a new project for lovers of all things tubular. I want to change the game up a bit this time around. I’m looking for a trusting, but DIY-averse, tube-o-phile to fund an all-tube (no silicon in the signal path) phono preamp. My pitch; the person that fronts this project, if one can be found, will get the finished phono stage assembled, de-bugged, in a nice chassis ready to amplify some sweet sounds from vinyl. The plan is to build another of the kits from Mr. TubeCAD, aka John Broskie, document the process, then post it on Wall of Sound for the benefit of all. I’ll [...]
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