I bought a used record player, Pro-Ject Debut Carbon, but it was without a RIAA stage so I needed a RIAA stage. Also my power amplifier at that time had just a single input and no volume control, so I wanted to be able to select between different inputs and have a volume control. I therefore decided to make a preamplifier. Since I recently had started reading about vacuum tubes I wanted to build one with vacuum tubes. I found the Elekit TU-8500 on the Internet and ordered one. This preamplifier is only partially using vacuum tubes since the RIAA stage is made by op-amps. The assembly took some time. One ting I noticed when assembling it was the precision and quality of the kit. It also works very well.

Elekit TU-8500 PCBs
Elekit TU-8500 PCBs
Elekit TU-8500 assembly
Elekit TU-8500 open

I was so impressed by this kit that later on I also build a Elekit TU-8200 Power amplifier Her is a picture of them both. They are beautiful and they work great.

Elekit TU-8500 and Elekit TU-8200
Elekit TU-8500 and Elekit TU-8200