Phono pre for 35mv cart that runs 6dj8 tubes??????

Why 6dj8 tubes in the phono stage?

Because I have a HUGE collection of rare versions

DO you mean 3.5 mV or .35 mV? Certainly not 35mV.

Yeah 35mV has got to be wrong.

3.5 - sorry

The BAT phone stages seem to fit what you ask...

NOthing but BAT guys and gals?

The Jadis JP-80MC uses 6DJ8s in the phono stage. MM and MC.

A quick Yahoo search turned up these possibilities:

Audio Research PH3
Sonic Frontiers Phono 1SE
Bottlehead Seduction

I'm sure there must be more.

David

Should be easy o fit the bill with only having to handle MM level output.

BAT makes a fine phono stage. I think you'd want to stay with the vkP5 or vkP10 models without the super paks if you want to tube roll. Also, they only have balanced outputs.

Aesthetix uses them for output drivers, 1 in each channel. I don't remember how much the Rhea responded to changes in the 6922/6dj8 tube.

Manley Steel head uses a few 6922's. You'd have to check with them to see if the 6dj8 is a direct replacement in their circuit. Most times it is, but it's always better to ask.

Low MC level cartridge not MM

Then you must mean .35mV.

Dan Ed,

All the bat phono stages use 6922 (4) in the input section (even the SE models).

This is different than their preamps where the SE models use the 6h30's...

Thanks, John. You are correct,sir.:-)

K&K Audio SE. The new version is configured to accept 6N23P/6DJ8/6922/7308. The older version uses 6N1P.

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OK. 0.35mV then- you are going to have difficulty with a 6DJ8-based phono section. The problem that you run into is that 6DJ8s, 6922s and the like aren't designed for audio so you run into noise and microphonic issues which at the very least color the sound of the preamp.

The 6DJ8 is difficult also from a design perspective as it has a mu (gain) of about 33, which makes it a medium-mu triode. High-mu triodes, like 12AT7s and 12AX7s, allow for high gain with low noise and low microphonics; IOW low coloration.

If I were you I would not worry about the tube type so much and concentrate more on who has a tube phono section that can handle a moderate to low output cartridge like you have. If it doesn't use 6DJ8s you can always put them up on eBay...