Phono preamp wanted, was Re: [sdiy] What makes a transistor "low noise"?

[Nils Pipenbrinck]

Roy J. Tellason

>Speaking of which,  does anybody have a simple circuit for a phono preamp? I'm 
>looking to interface to a sound card,  and would prefer something that can be 
>configured (switched?) for either mag or ceramic cartridge.
>
>Been looking for this on the 'net for quite some time,  and haven't found it!
>  
>

I had some success with the paia phono preamp circuit:

http://www.paia.com/riaasch.gif

It's not the worlds greatest preamp, but it gets it's job done, is easy 
and uses commonly used cap-values (a big plus for me since I don't have 
each and  every value as poly-caps at home..)

  Nils