Gain specs for Jolida JD-9A phono preamp

Well I had the K&K Lundahls before using the Jolida, truly a great product. I had the 20 gain version with the upgraded rca's. Truly quiet in my house, so RF is not a problem. Fast and detailed. One might come up used here, since that's were I got mine($200). It gave me the best bass so far, until the Jolida.

I have the K&K Audio Lundahl step-up and am using it with the Hagerman Trumpet. I have the 14db configuration (1:5 ratio), but Kevin supplies the schematic and if you can solder it will be easy to change to a 20db or 26db configuration. With the 14db setting total gain for my Benz L2 low output cartridge is 58db. Since I have a high gain amp and adjustable gain on my preamp this is enough for me. The other nice thing about the K&K step-up is you can easily plug in different resistor values to change the cartridge load. The Trumpet, like the Bugle is set at 47k ohm. I use a set of 47k ohm resistors in the step-up and the net is 940 ohms which works nicely with the L2 (there is a spreadsheet on the Galiber Design website that shows you the various calculations based on resistir values).

The K&K comes as a kit or Kevin can assemble it for you. You could also just buy the transformers and build your own. In all, this has been a great addition to my Trumpet and after about a 100 hours of break in (you can connect the output of the step-up to the output on your CDP to break it in faster) the step-up was good to go.

Gadfly,

I've considered using a step-up while decreasing the gain of the Bugle. Here on Audiogon there is certainly passion on both sides of the SUT discussion. Have you used the Lundahl? What was your experience?

Armstrod, you can change the resistors to get your Bugle down to 50dB and add Lundhall SUTs. I'm not saying "don't buy the jolida", just that you can get that Bugle in gear for less.

Well got the Jolida on Tues;)-~. Out of the box, I do not know how many hours are on the unit. NOS tubes is a no brainer, I am using some MatsuSHITa tubes. They are as forementioned. Some RF did appear with the stock tubes. The station deminished with some Redrollers low enough for my listening volumes. Others have not mentioned this problem though either. I will give more info later or just e-mail me direct with questions.

Colitas,

Once you get set up I'd love to know what gain setting you settle on. That, at least, gives one point of reference.

I'm also interested in the noise level of the Jolida, as the reason I'm looking is because my current Hagerman Bugle is pretty noisy at 60dB. Thanks for your help.

Well mine should arrive on Monday, but from what I can figure out is that there is NO volume control. SO running direct to an amp is out. The gain is higher than most, but I run a ZYX Yatra with a .24mv output so I am looking forward to what this preamp sounds like. One 'Goner I contacted about the pre said t was better than his Sonic Frontiers preamp, hmmm.