I Use the same design with my custom Phone Pre. The A1 has a dual JFET PN4393 amp and the A2 has a very low noise/low distortion opamp. with a dual 15V PS i have very nice dynamic headroom
I would like to see pro PCM/DSD digital recorder tested. like the discontinued Tascam DA-3000 or Korg mr-2000. these have headphone output also and i wonder how good they are
With this phono design the noise change a lot depending the opamp used. Looks to me one of the opamp is out of specifications or a problem with one resistor
Yes problem will be when you have a MC 0.2mv cartridge. distortion and noise will be a issue an not all the phono stage will have -70db sinad or less output at 64db gain.