Home General Asylum

General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories.

I'll second that Andy.

I love tubes in the line stage and power amp, but after owning a Walker Audio and Klyne solid state phono stages I'd have to say that solid state is the way to go for a phono preamp, especially if you are running a LOMC. I owned a couple of tube phono preamps costing up to $8000, that always seemed to have some sort of tube noise or channel balance problems with low output cartridges, say 0.2 mV.
SS phono stages are dead quiet, even at these very low levels. Walker and Klyne are very musical too, especially in front of a tube preamp and amp.

As always, YMMV.


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Crux Audio  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
  • I'll second that Andy. - Justlisten2 21:31:44 04/21/12 (0)

FAQ

Post a Message!

Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.