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Recommedation for Phono Pre for my modest rig



Hi there:

I have the following TT rig: Rega Planar 3 (2016), metal sub-platter, Michell Tecno-weight, Rega white belt, Delrin platter, Rega TTPSU 2, Shelter 201 and lastly Art DJII preamp. The latter was a stop gap until I could find a more suitable pre. I don't foresee the day where I would run a LOMC so a MM only pre would do me just fine. This is the final piece of the puzzle then I am focusing solely on collecting LP's, please consider this the last pre-amp I am ever going to buy.  

My preference is something that if it can't be absolutely neutral than it be more center-right (warm/euphonic) than center-left (cold/analytical). And of course cost should be commensurate with the system it will be a part of. 

Thanks in advance. 



anacondastan

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For MM cartridge this phono stage is amazing and reasonably priced, not every phono stage will give you the opportunity to change load resistors (rca plugs on the back) and this is superb feature! You can ask Joe (the designer) to add internal resistors of the higher value than 100k (not 47k Ohm by default) and then when you plug-in the lower value to load your MM cartridges you can have the total load at whatever you want, it’s worth to try 30k ohms, 40k ohms, 50k ohms ... 100k ohms to fidn out that is the best for your MM cartridge. This phono stage has MC input too, so you got both in one! The MC stage with high gain designed to run 0.20mV cartridges! 

http://www.customanalogue.com/jlti_phono_stage.htm
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