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In Reply to: Apparently Inmate Interstage Tranny doesn't agree posted by 1973shovel on August 6, 2021 at 18:13:45:
OK, so some modify this product even to the point of gutting it and building a different circuit design.
Well then it's no longer the same product! If I build out a Marantz model 7 phono preamp in a Lafayette chassis, it's now a Marantz 7 clone, not a cheap 70s Japanese product. If you are going to do that, why buy these low quality preamps at inflated prices? Why not just buy new components and build what you really want for equal or more likely far less in cost.
Think about it, what can you salvage? The power transformer and possibly a vintage 12AX7 that might have some life left. The rest is scrapped. That transformer is less than $20 new at Allied. Ok you got the chassis but with the money saved you could not only buy a blank Hammond chassis, but also the tools, drill, step bit, to work the blank chassis and not be restricted to the old component placements.
Like I said I just don't get it. This seems like the true objective is nostalgia. And that's fine. But lets not get lost in fantasy that these are some high end tube glory era phono preamp. Just look at the schematic Eli posted. That's a "Mad Man Muntz" design. Only include enough components to get a signal through, nothing more. And if that's even close to true RIAA or NAB equalization, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
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