I need some advice please , HeeeeeeeeelP

[Audio Al]

Surely this should work, if you took the output from your Croft pre amp to amp, this should work, as the Croft is acting normally?

Gary

Gary , I want to go from the croft into my pre amp then pre amp into the power amp ,

just using the croft as a phono stage not a pre amp

[Stryder5]

Gary , I want to go from the croft into my pre amp then pre amp into the power amp ,

just using the croft as a phono stage not a pre amp

Yes I understand but the way you thought you connected originally should have worked, not as you wanted it to but it was connected as a stand alone phono/pre so should have worked as long as the power was on.

The way I described it above uses the phono but not the preamp.

Gary

[Lawrence001]

Yes I understand but the way you thought you connected originally should have worked, not as you wanted it to but it was connected as a stand alone phono/pre so should have worked as long as the power was on.

The way I described it above uses the phono but not the preamp.

Gary

Not if the volume on both was at low level! I used my old Croft Micro Basic as a phono stage with the Tape Out once I'm sure.

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[Audio Al]

Before connecting up the Croft 25R I sent Glen a email asking, this is Glens reply

You can use it as a phono stage by taking the outputs from the line out sockets but because the output impedance is very high it is unlikely to work well. You'd probably get better results by using the whole pre-amp and setting the pots at a suitable level to give the gain required.

[Stryder5]

Before connecting up the Croft 25R I sent Glen a email asking, this is Glens reply

You can use it as a phono stage by taking the outputs from the line out sockets but because the output impedance is very high it is unlikely to work well. You'd probably get better results by using the whole pre-amp and setting the pots at a suitable level to give the gain required.

What I said then?

[Audio Al]

What I said then?

Looks like it Gary , Im not capable or willing to alter the 25R so back to the drawing board for a phono only solution

[Bigman80]

Looks like it Gary , Im not capable or willing to alter the 25R so back to the drawing board for a phono only solution

Are you after a stand alone valve phonostage?

[Audio Al]

Are you after a stand alone valve phonostage?

Yes but price dependent

[Bigman80]

Yes but price dependent

Why not build one of my BigBottle phonostages.

Price is your choice then.

We're a couple of weeks away from the final revision of the PCB and then it's a case of beta testing the board. If you can wait a few weeks, it could be perfect.

[Audio Al]

Why not build one of my BigBottle phonostages.

Price is your choice then.

We're a couple of weeks away from the final revision of the PCB and then it's a case of beta testing the board. If you can wait a few weeks, it could be perfect.

Strange comment

After spending what I have recently Yes I am price concious