Phono Stage - Passive Pre- Amp: Results??

My preamp is a custom piece consisting of a K&K Audio phono stage and S&B TX-102 trannies. The phono gain is 70db and the input sens. of my amp is .75v. Cartridge output is 0.4 mv. Most speakers I use have varied from 89-92 db sens. and this worked great with all of them. I even had success using Magnepan 3.5s in this setup.

Oz

Same as Ozzy62, except my K&K phonostage and K&K TVC with S&B transformers are a two box set-up. My phonostage has 64db of gain for MC and I've used it with cartridges ranging from .3mV to .8mV. The input sensitivity of my amp is .8V and has an input impedance of 67k ohms. Speaker sensitivity is 88db. Works great for me.

Monolithic Sound phonostage + Channel Islands passive.

Your mileage may vary.

I use a Modwright modded Marchand X9 Deluxe electronic x-over, which makes things even beter. I figured that's the ticket, having the best of both approaches.

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