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Science & Sound, Tube or Solid State Phono?

I have heard that for very low level signals solid state will be better than tubes. I am curious as to the impressions out there. I would love to know from a theoretical point of view that is made for the layman what is better or what are the strengths of each. I would also like to know if anyone has compared similar price high end phonos both tube & solid state and had a preference and why? Does the choice depend on the cartridge in use?
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dan_ed
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Nick Doshi does the same for his MC gain stage, SS that is. From what I understand it is not easy to do, but when done right it works very well. The rest is all tubes.

I owned a phonostage once that did all of the gain stages in tubes. No SS, no transformers. Significantly more noisey. It lacked finese and other things as well.

I agree with Raul, the choice in cartridge shouldn't matter if the phonostage is done correctly.
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