"Kondo M1000 pre with phono" or "Takumi K-10 pre + Kondo M7 phono?

"Kondo M1000 MKii preamp with built-in phono" or "Takumi K-10 preamp with Kondo M7 Phono stage"?

What is your opinion?

bh_h03-20-2017 2:02pm

bh_h OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5 posts 03-20-2017 at 09:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks Zipost. But I am not talking about M7 preamp. I am talking about Takumi K-10 preamp with stand alone Kondo M7 phono stage.
jond Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,106 posts 03-20-2017 at 10:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I can offer no guidance but what a tough choice lol you're a very lucky audiophile!
zipost Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 199 posts 03-21-2017 at 05:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That is what in am saying: the m7 phone preamp is not in the same league as the m1000 preamp built in phono. The m7 phono is just a basic phono stage, parts transformer are not in the same league. Also, even that the k-10 preamp, i would not compare that to the m1000 preamp from Kondo. I would take the m-1000 preamp built in phono from Kondo in a heart beat!
bh_h OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5 posts 03-22-2017 at 07:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you for kind advice zipost.
rsf507 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,578 posts 03-22-2017 at 12:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kondo M1000mkii as long as it is one of the original versions designed by Kondo-san. The newer stuff coming out of Japan with the Kondo name is not the same IMO.