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In Reply to: Best phono stage ever? posted by SnaggS on May 16, 2007 at 06:39:48:
No such thing, and besides, some of the contenders, like the Audionote M-10 phono stage, cost several times more than your entire system.Since you are planning to use a step up transformer, you don't need one with a lot of gain, whether provided in part by an extra active stage or a built-in step up transformer. I have not heard it myself, but the Artemis phono stage looks promising. It can be bought with or without a step up transformer.
If you don't mind "wasting" (i.e., not using) the first stage in a high gain phono stage, I have heard and liked a number of candidates. The Manley Steelhead is incredibly flexible and versatile and sounds good to me. A friend has a Boulder that is amazingly flexible and configurable (one can even change plug-in equalization "cards") and do just about anything else, provided you have something like $30k to spend on a stage.
I own, and like, the Viva fono, but it has a built-in step up transformer, so it is not for the lower gain application you are looking at.
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- Re: Best phono stage ever? - Larry I 09:49:06 05/16/07 (1)
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