Need a phono stage?

dcmeigs

I auditioned a Pyle phono preamp today.

If I told you how good I thought it was you'd call me a crack pot. It's available at part express among other places I'm sure and get this, it's ... less than twenty bucks. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. It comes with a little tiny wall wart power supply and in spite of that fact, it's dead silent. I scoped the output and found a 60 Hz ripple with less than a 1mv pp amplitude. Seriously. The power from the wall wart is clean and I suppose that's how. I'm tempted to bust it open to see how it's designed.

Seriously, it sounds almost as good as my CJ.

Here is a link.

If I'm lie'n I'm die'n.

ben62670

I have this one and it sounds much better than it should.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=245-876

dcmeigs

ben62670 wrote: »

I have this one and it sounds much better than it should.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=245-876

That looks interesting too.

They use electrolytics for coupling caps in the Pyle. I'm tempted to swap them out with some Illinois Electric polypropylene and see if it might bring the bass forward a little; that being only shortcoming worth mentioning. I opened the box and there just might be enough room.