Back to vinyl need phono stage help!


Recently back in the vinyl game since the eighties! Sota sapphire VI>Origin Live silver>Hana EH. My backend is a Primaluna Evo 400>Pass Labs XA30.8>Ascend Acoustics towers. Musical tastes from Porcupine Tree to Loreena McKennitt!! Looking for phono stage help! Would take musical and dynamics over analytical any day of the week!! Sutherland KC vibe is what's been recommended to me. Price range would be around 1k to 1500. Of course there's always wiggle room lol!
Thanks✌️
jimfinn2112

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I have that same cartridge. Sounds great, but doesn't really sound its best unless you give it about 50db worth of gain. I used a Vista Audio Phono 2 and upgraded the op amps with sparkos. I hear the Bottlehead Eros is very good and that one gives a solid 50db