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Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp??

Hi, I have purchased and listened to 3 phono preamps which are: A musical surroundings phonomena, musical surroundings Nova II, and a Manley labs Chinook. The Manely labs Chinook is by far bettter sounding then the first two (double the cost too). But, All three have given me nothing but trouble (noise,noise,noise even terrible clipped signals!), and 2 of them basically failed on me. So before I go DIGITAL, can someone please tell me who makes a phono preamp in the $2,000-$3,000 range (tube or solid state) that I can rely on, and sounds as good or better than the Chinook?? Thanks.


Matt M                                             
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lewm
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Nandric, How can you, the consummate logician, pose such a question, since likely no one of us has heard both pieces?

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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Dear Lew, I had no idea that you have any problem to comment

about components that you have never seen, not to mention  

experienced (grin).

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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Sorry Lew I forget the ''logical question'' : ''why do you own more TT's

than carts?

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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Dear Lew, No reaction from you so I will answer your logical

question. Your assumption is:

''No x Fx and Gx''.

My assumption is:

''some x Fx and Gx''.

My assumption is true if there is just one member (of set x) who

has heard both (F) Klyne 7 PX and (G) Van den Hul's Grail.

Your assumption is false if there is just one member who has heard

both phono-pres.

Because nobody answered my question you are probaly right.

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nandric
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I made my choice and bought the Klyne 7PX. Alas I find the user

manual very confusing. There are three ''adjustment categories''

but only two ''banks'' with switches . One in front for the

choice of the amplification (35, 50 and 63dB) the other on the

 back side wih 10 switches for impedance choice but as well

for the choice of the dampening of the  h. frequency resonances by

MC carts at 30 Khz, 35 and 40 Khz. The other specific possibility is to

chose 47 Kohm for the MC carts as well. Lew and Raul seem

to like this impedance value. By the recommended values for the

carts included in the user manual the 47 Kohm is prefered value

but in addition to either of those dampening ''resonance values''.

For example (my)  Urushi 47 Kohm + 35 Khz.

However for the 47 Kohm one need to switch nr. 10 in OFF

position but for any of the recommended resonance damping one

need to put the same switch in ON position. My specific problem

is  the optimal adjustment for the , say,  MM part of the 7PX

because I want to use my SUT with 35 dB amplification by 7Px.

But I will be also thankfull if someone can explain the contradictory

switch 10 in ON as well OFF position.


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