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Phonostage pairing?

Can anyone here give a poor fellow fresh off the flat-earth bus any advice about phono preamp / cartridge pairing?
I am undecided over the choice of cartridge to pair with my forthcoming Kuzma Stabi Reference/Airline front end(Koetsu Jade/Clearaudio Goldfinger/Benz) with Gryphon Diablo integrated and ProAc D38 speakers.
The real problem however is that I am being pointed in a thousand different directions by (mis?)guided salesmen regarding suitable phonostages...
Is there a rule of thumb about correct pairing?
I am considering the Whest Audio 2.0
Many thanks

Koocho (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-10-05

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11-10-05 With the variety of cartridges you have, perhaps the manley ... Stevecham

11-10-05 Try a thor it is high up there at 7.5k or so but i like it Uru975

11-11-05 Thanks very much for your thoughts, these are not cartridges ... Koocho

11-11-05 You may want to check out the new artemis phono stage. it c ... Dmailer

11-11-05 Ho wabout ear 324?man i wish companies would get real and re ... Chazzbo

11-11-05 Geez chazzbo, you take this way too serious. and your recom ... Jafox

11-11-05 Chazzbo, i may be misinterpreting your response but i own a ... Clio09

11-11-05 I'd put the asr basis exclusive and wavestream kinetics on y ... Glide3

12-08-05: Aod
I strongly recommend the Whest because firstly, the phonostage is something really special. I use it with an Allaerts MC1B feeding a Naim double HiCapped NAC282 and a NAP250 with Living Voice OBX-R2 Speakers. Arm is a Graham 1.5t/c and TT is of my own design

And, James is a great person to work with.

Jag
Aod (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-15-06 I second glide3's recommendation of the wavestream and give ... Ctm_cra