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RE: Any reason I have not seen a fixed bias phono stage???

A variation on the battery bias theme might work well. Take the 6SC7, with its common cathode connection. Place a small NiMH cell or 2 in the line between the cathodes and ground. Use 1 triode of the twin in each channel. Without a cap., there is no DC offset in the grid circuit to create problems with a cart. or SUT.

Charge the NIMH part(s) before use. The 2 mA. or so trickle of regular use will keep things in order.

BTW, I like grid leak biased 2nd gain blocks. As pointed out by Thorsten Loesch, the huge (20 Mohm) grid to ground resistor VERY lightly loads the EQ network.


Eli D.


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