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In Reply to: RE: I'm curious - howcum, with the vinyl resurgence posted by kavakidd on April 10, 2015 at 13:29:53
Hi, kavakid,
I'm glad that manufacturers aren't jumping on the bandwagon and adding phono stages. They just take up valuable space and circuitry and limit the number of line input connections. I've seen a few integrated amps that had a phono stage/line connection with a switch to choose either one. That seems like a reasonable compromise. As others have mentioned, phono preamps can be had for very little money. Let the owner decide which phono stage they want to use.Same for built-in DACS, I'd rather leave them out of integrated amps and preamps. Just adds cost to the unit and like phono stages, I want to choose which DAC I want to use.
Regards,
Tom
Edits: 04/11/15Follow Ups:
I agree with you on leaving the DACs out of the preamp as well.
I guess I'm from the old school. Just seen too many TVs with built in VHS players hit the dump.
Keep your "changeable" technology separate.
Since many of these are just serviceable, nothing better. Now the one in my Advent 300 receiver and one in the Apt-Holman preamp are a different breed and well worth losing a line level input.
If manufacturers included quality phono sections, I'm all for it.
Opus 33 1/3
I could go for a decent quality phono stage in an integrated amp or preamp if I had limited shelving for stereo components. Otherwise it's just an added cost for something I may never use. If I was just starting out and lived in small apartments and moved a lot, the convenience of having as many components built into an integrated would be handy.Regards,
Tom
Edits: 04/14/15
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