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Hifi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II'

One Saturday afternoon I decided to dissect my newly acquired Music Fidelity "The Preamp II" (a rare eBay purchase these days).

Here you will find some detailed photographs of the innards of this unit, and also a schematic.

The schematic is complete (I simulated it and it worked!) apart from one or two decoupling capacitors I couldn't be bothered to document.

I have owned two of these units now, and the sound is ok... (nothing special IMHO)

A larger image of the schematic can be downloaded from my downloads page here

HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Schematic
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Schematic
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Overall view
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Overall view
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Output stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Output stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Preamp stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Preamp stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Phono stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Phono stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Output stage and PSU
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Output stage and PSU
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Gain / preamp stage and more
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - Gain / preamp stage and more
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - MC Stage
HiFi: Musical Fidelity 'The Preamp II' - MC Stage

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