How is it ? that a tuner smokes the table ???

Bycle_man I just took a look at that Pas3 and although
it looks like a good up grade, would not do it unless you already have the pas3 and are on a small budget.

Here is the article I promised you, its from Audio Express Oct 2005; "Design a high performance Valve-Based line amp."
If you can get a hold of that article, after reading it you will know this designer knows his Stuff!
The only caution I have is that this circuit is very highly
microphonic so the main board must, Must be floating or else
the noise will be excessive.
It is not a beginners project, but the sonic rewards are great if you can handle it!

That said and if I had to do it all again, I really like the K & K stuff ! see http://www.kandkaudio.com
And would recommend there preamp kits especially phono stages !!!

good luck.

Thank you Jimpcn!
Happy listening!

The most rewarding experience is listening to a direct FM transmitted from the concert hall live , even with my bottom of the line Magnum Dynalab MD 90 T it is the closest approach to beeing in first row at the concert.
Of course the reason for this is that there is no recording process degrading the signal in the transmitting chain. I listen only vinyl for the quality of recorded sound, but when there is a live FM transmitted concert it is better than any other recorded media. Even with a modest tuner.

This is an interesting thread for the most part, I certainly learned quite a bit from those who could describe the radio broadcast chain. Never knew the details but I did know there was a lot of variability based on the station and engineer.

For instance I live in the NYC and Philly metro areas. I listen to two classical stations (among others) that each broadcast the Metropolitan Opera live on Saturday afternoons:
WQXR 96.3 in NYC and WWFM 89.1 in Mercer County NJ. The differences in quality of the broadcast are very noticeable with WWFM winning hands down. Not to say QXR is wretched but WWFM betters it by a country mile.

Of course having the same broadcast material played at the same time helps a lot in the A/B comparison. And the MD-108 don't hurt either.

I listen to a LOT of FM but I am fortunate to live within these two large markets, and there are a lot of good stations.

Cheers all.

sorry gentleman I had made an error regarding my preamp, I said it was form issue, dAudio Express Oct 2005 which is incorrect, its actually from AudioXpress Febuary 2004 issue and the article title is "A Low-MU Triode Preamp"!!!

thanks and sorry for any inconviences,
Regards Jim.