27/56 Preamp from Jose Martins

Jose Martins sent me an email with his recent built on the 27/56 preamplifier using the gyrator load and these PCBs. I recently posted an idea using the lovely 27 IHT valve here.

Here is a picture of the finished preamplifier:

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Building your own interconnect cables

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I’ve been struggling for some time to find an affordable interconnect cable choice without falling into the trap of the ultra-expensive hi-fi commercial cables. In the end, an interconnect cable has to provide low capacitance, low resistance and proper shielding to protect our desired signal from external noise. We don’t need exotic cables or connectors to achieve this. Ideal dielectric is air, but is not practical build cable using air as dielectric 🙂

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