phono section

I bought a 640p because of reviews and the fact than it has a rumble filter, and I love it. The 640p is "lifted" by the Pangea P100 power supply (killer design built like a tank) which recently got cheaper...$69 at "advisor", although I bought 2 of these for 100 clams each and thought THAT was a steal (use one for my DacMagic). Highly recommended. Plus, the 640p should be a deal currently since they've been replaced by the 651p which, according to "advisor", will accept the Pangea P100 cable size...THAT combo might sound better still, and remains relatively inexpensive.

The 640p is not thin sounding (in my system anyway), period. It's an accurate, full range, well made great sounding phono preamp by any standard.

Has anybody tried a 651p?

You can obviously do better than my modest 640p/Pangea rig for more money (the cables I use for it cost plenty more than it did), so I encourage everyone to do so as I'm "the encourager.". Maybe it's the Pangea that makes it work so well, but I refuse to unhook the Pangea to find out because I'd hurt its feelings, and I find the blue light comforting. I compared it to an over 10 grand Pass Labs phono stage...well...actually I didn't, but if I did I'd maybe lie about it anyway, because I can. Also, what part of "an accurate, full range, well made great sounding phono preamp by any standard" claims there's no where to go? No part. Plus, I need the rumble filter...

I respect the pesky perspective speculation stickledge. By accurate I merely meant it doesn't seem to add or subtract much...note I didn't say "extremely accurate", "hideously accurate", "most accurate ever", "nauseatingly accurate", "disturbingly accurate", or "inacurately accurate" (personal favorite). I stumbled on my analog rig by accident...found a very clean Basik/Akito (rewired it with a Jelco Mogami Neglex with gold din gizmo cable) and wound up with a Sumiko Pearl by default...somehow it's mondo el cheapo mui bueno a mundo for days.