Nagra VPS or Tron Seven Ref phono stages?


My cartridge is a Clearaudio Accurate; best settings 400 ohms loading 50-60dB gain

Comparison of the two please from anyone who has experience of both

Thanks in advance
David
agathe79

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My 2 cents.. My system consists of: Mcintosch C2300 Preamp, 2 MC2000 tube amps, 1 MC352, JBL 4345,s Modded Khorns (alk xtreme slope crossovers, crites tweeter, alk trachorn, JBL 2470 drivers,solid silver wire)Basis debut sig, Vaccum tablr, Graham Phantom11, Van den Hul colibri's Dynavector XV1S. I've owned Sutherland PHD, sold it after heard the Manley steelhead 11, bought that, then got my C2300 Mac, (actually liked the phono section better than the Manley)! Then I heard the the Tron 7 reference...HAD to have it and DID! Not lookin for anything else, soundstage is awesome in my system. I usee Telefunken ECC803's, and ECC801S....
Well...I really went back and forth for some time... Tube rolling EVERY option possible ( yea...,I'm stupid that way) I settled for the C2300 w/ Telefuknen ECC803s tubes installed. The soundstage was remarkable to say the least! I must be honest here....the Tron w/ same tube configurations as i posted wasnt "that much" better, but enough "for me" to incorporate it. I actually wish I NEVER heard the Tron as I would be happy! Thats why I WON'T listewn to anything else! If I ever upgrade to the C500 or C1000 MAC tube preamp I would probably sell the Tron,..