Anyone heard the Plinius M14 phono-stage ?


I am considering purchasing a Plinius M14 for my analogue rig . Has anyone heard or own an M14.....how does it rank and sound , please list what phono's you auditioned against the M14 .

My gear for reference :
Plinius SA 250 MKIV
Plinius M16
Amazon Ref TT
Tri-Planar Arm
ZYX UNIverse Cart.
XLO L.E"s Cable
Totem Shaman Loudspeakers

Thanks in advance .

Trevor.
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Hi Jyprez ,

Thanks for your feedback . Did you try other phono-stages before purchasing the M14 and what did you think ? If you don't mind me asking what did you pay for it ?

Thanks again ,
Trevor .
I heard the EAR 834p and a Rouge at an audio dealer but i didn't do extensive listening tests. Mostly I bought on the reputation of Plinius with their excellent Sa-102 amp. As I recall, I paid about 50% of list
Sorry my english is very bad...

I have Micro Seiki RX 1500G / Linn Ittok III / Benz LP Ebony cartridge and Well Tempered Turntable Classic / Linn Asaka cartridge.
Also, I have Prépré Cochet PP2, Prépré Accuphase C7, RIAA Audio Research PH1, RIAA Conrad Johnson EV1, RIAA Linn Linto, RIAA Lukaschek PP1.

I have Plinius M14 and Pass Xono in test.

Linn Linto is better than Plinius M14.
Better bass, better soundstage, more dynamic, more transparent and more lovely voices.

Pass Xono is very good.

The best, in my system is Pass Xono.
Lot of information and beautiful sounstage.

Second is Accuphase C7 + AR PH1

Third is Linn Linto.

Conrad EV1 have beautiful voices, but many colorations.

But my CD have better bass. More physic, more punch.

The rest of my system is drive Métronome Technologie Kalista, DAC Métronome Technologie C1A mkIII, DAC Jadis JS1, préampli FM Acoustics FM155, Conrad Johnson 1er Twelve XS and Conrad Johnson MV125 amplifiers, TAD TSM1 speakers.

Stéphane