Harvey Gerst has an excellent discussion on just that topic over at
PSW, with some of the designers you mentioned participating. 14 pages
of it:

http://recpit.prosoundweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=7774

jp

(jnorman) wrote in message . com...
we are lucky on this forum to have folks like scott dorsey, john
hardy, dan kennedy, john lagrou, and others who are top pros in their
field. i would like to take advantage of this, and request that you
guys please give the rest of us a "primer" on preamp electronics
design basics.

*snip*