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Best phono pre amp for Lyra Helikon

I am at the stage where TT/tonearm/cartridge have been decided and almost procured and am ready to select Phono preamp. What is the best match for this cartridge? My main premap and Amps are Classe. Will the tubed phono would be desirable?

Few that I myself considering is Art Audio, EAR, Manley Steelhead or Tom evans Groove (These are also the ones that gets sold quickly here at Agon. May be that is one indication ;-)) But any advice would be welcome.

The TT/Tone Arm is La Luce by SPJ.

Thx in advance.
nilthepill

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thomasheisig
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Go for an adjustaqble one, proboably a Klyne. The Lyra Systems were made for 47kohms but they run in a wide range.
Don't know about a "best" Phono Stage, but there is much worse out there.
Cool Arm, very rare. I knew a user who used such one with Klyne and various cartridges.
thomasheisig
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I think, the result will be different from phono stage to phono stage, but when I went down from 47k to lower values, the sound becomes more and more dull and the high frequeny information is going to be lost.
To the History from that, I think most cartridges were made for 47k, but not enough phono stages can handle that ( they offer an agressive sound ), most customers asked their dealer when they read the datas of the cartridge about the ability of their phonostage and didn't buy the cartridge. No deal.
Now we have specs : > 10 ohms and everyone is happy
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