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A comparable phono preamp

I recently bought a rouge audio rp7 preamp my amp is a bryston 4b my turntable is a linn basic with an akito tonearm with a linn adict mm cartridge mounted to it.I would like to at a later time up date it with a MC cartridge. My speakers are a pair of dynaudio special fortys with a rel s510 sub woofer. Now my preamp has no phono section nor dose the turntable. The phono preamp I have sounds cold harsh and to bright. It is a NAD PP4 and I am using it because it is what I use to record vynal to digital with a USB out. I should of bought a phono preamp when i bought the preamp .Now I am looking for a phono preamp that will give me that warm natural sound I am looking for. Can anyone suggest to me a phono preamp that will make my system sound like what I have spent to build it. TY mal11963

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In the UK, I have been at an event where the Modwright PH 9.0 ’SE’ was demonstrated in a line up along side a broad selection of Valve and SS Design Phonostages.

This is the Fullest / Warmest SQ, I have heard in the past 10 years + , where there is still a perception present that the Bottom End is not muddy or bloomed.

The Speakers used at the event were over $100 000 to purchase.

It is difficult to project if the same experience is to be perceived in other systems, it might be best if an investigative trial could be arranged.

I only mention this model, as I know it relatively easy to come by in the US.

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