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

Dear Jimpcn, Thank you for correcting which issue of Audioxpress your pre-amp came from. I was wondering about the issue you originally cited because the closest article that I could find that made sense from Oct. 2005 was, "Design a High-Performance Valve-Based Line Amp." And, I recalled you mentioning the phono stage; a line amp would not have one.

2005 looks like an interesting year with the series of articles of tips on constructing tube amp projects.

bycle-man this is only a line preamp !!!

go back and re-read the what I had said, I did not say there was a phono stage in my preamp.; but I did recommend the K&Ktube phono stage.

Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks, Jimpcn!
(2005 does look like a good year for the audio journal, though.)

By the way, Jimpcn, I did take another look just now at your earlier posts. I see where I was misled. At one point, 3-05-2009 I believe, you said that you and your friends have more than $10k invested in turntables. And you repeatedly mention how the 109 blows away turntables.

I misunderstood. Thanks for pointing out how your pre-amp is line-stage only.

I am still very curious about it using a 6080 tube. It is an indirectly heated dual triode. I think it was originally used in power supply or rectifier circuits. I could be wrong, though. But, how is it used in your pre-amp circuit? As the line level amplifier, one triode section per channel? If so, is there any cross-talk?

Hard to believe but I am inclined to agree. Somewhat. Directly streamed live performances are really sound great than if it were recorded and played back at the radio station. Listen to for example, the LA NPR station 89.9 FM. (not 89.3 FM in this time slot) weekdays at lunch time (~11.30-12.30 or so). Live performances sound soooo different than recorded broadcast music. Tells you there is more lost in recorded medium than broadcast thru airwaves. And this is just in car listening comparison. If you had top notch tuner, it is highly believable. I don't know why but it does sound great.