Eico 81 as a phono preamp

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I wish to put into action my EICO HF-81 (otherwise collecting dust) as a phono preamp feeding my home brewed 300B SET monoblocks. My question is this...to employ this integrated amplifier as a dedicated preamp, what is the accepted method? Shall I remove the power tubes entirely and go on my merry way? Or, should I replace the vintage Mullard EL84's with lesser grade output tubes and present a dummy load to the speaker outputs? Is there something that I am not considering here?
Regards, Blair.

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Topic - Eico 81 as a phono preamp - BMorosnick 12:18:47 05/11/02 (1)

Re: Eico 81 as a phono preamp - NOS440 06:11:16 05/16/02 (0)

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