Is your Grado The Statement Cartridge the low output version (Statement) or the high output version (Reference)? The other reviewer for this phono stage, on the Grado website, used it on the high output cartridge. I recently purchased a low output Grado Statement Platinum Cartridge and need to acquire a decent phono stage for it, am hoping the Grado PH-1 is it, but would like to hear a good review of this combination. Also, can anyone tell me how it would compare performance-wise, with the Lehmann Black Cube SE with PWX power supply? Thanks.
New Grado Phono Stage
Perhaps some of you read in Music Direct's catalog that Grado Labs is coming out with a new phono stage this summer, projected to retail for about $500.
I had the distinct pleasure of being one of only 4 or 5 people to date to demo Grado's prototype, and just wanted to give everyone a head's up that the phono stage is very, very good at any price, and at the projected retail, it's an astounding value.
I felt that its greatest strength was its crystal-clear midrange, and it also has very good bass extension and sweet, liquid highs. If you're in the market for a new phono stage, and don't need to spend a gazillion bucks to believe you've got a good product on your hands, you owe it to yourself to give Grado's phono stage a try.
FYI, I heard it through my system comprised of:
Heavily modified Denon DP59L TT;
Grado The Statement Cartridge;
Homemade granite/wood/sorbothane/air TT base;
Plinius CD-LAD preamp;
2 Adcom 555II amps, bridged to mono;
Snell A Reference Tower Speakers;
Snell SUB 1800;
Hsu sub amp;
Lieder interconnects; and
Bear Labs Silver Thunder speaker cables.
I had the distinct pleasure of being one of only 4 or 5 people to date to demo Grado's prototype, and just wanted to give everyone a head's up that the phono stage is very, very good at any price, and at the projected retail, it's an astounding value.
I felt that its greatest strength was its crystal-clear midrange, and it also has very good bass extension and sweet, liquid highs. If you're in the market for a new phono stage, and don't need to spend a gazillion bucks to believe you've got a good product on your hands, you owe it to yourself to give Grado's phono stage a try.
FYI, I heard it through my system comprised of:
Heavily modified Denon DP59L TT;
Grado The Statement Cartridge;
Homemade granite/wood/sorbothane/air TT base;
Plinius CD-LAD preamp;
2 Adcom 555II amps, bridged to mono;
Snell A Reference Tower Speakers;
Snell SUB 1800;
Hsu sub amp;
Lieder interconnects; and
Bear Labs Silver Thunder speaker cables.
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