Mike:
Just out of curiosity, was there a vast difference between how your turntable setup sounded in meet conditions and at home? Probably a worthless question, but just curious
ahem.. I knew there was a reason this thread belonged in the Casino.
Looks like you can get free samples of the OPA445 recommended in Kevin's schematic in both PDIP and SOIC from TI now.
I'm a firm member of team single chassis. Dual chassis is/was FOTM, meaning something the consumer wanted, but something the serious designers saw issues with... perhaps, people are suddenly realizing that.
Pass labs Unveils XP-15 Phono Preamp | AV Guide
"The extremely low-noise/high-gain structure of the XP-15 is capable of delivering more than 0.5 Volt of line-level signal output with a cartridge input of 80 micro-volts (0.08 mv). Pass Labs believes these to be the best performance figures in the industry for a phono-stage."
I'm guessing it's pretty similar to the Xono, to get those gain figures...