I want your opinions on these 3 phono stage


here's my set-up:

LP12/Linn Basik LVX, Grado Sonata 3

mcintosh 252

b&w 683

The phono stages I'm being submited are:

MUSICAL FIDELITY M3X-VINYL

TRIGON VANGUARD III

REGA ARIA MK3

Would you reject any of these?

 

stef_p

Pretty small subset of people that have heard and spent time with all three. Another approach to consider is what sound/musical qualities you prefer, features and a budget.

Agree with @vonhelmholtz -- this is a pretty small niche hobby to begin with, few of us discuss it online, and an even smaller % of that are here on audiogon. So when you see threads like "who's heard A, B and C" -- 99% of the time nobody qualifies for that lol. Best you can hope for is owner feedback on these units individually, where most of the owners haven't tried many other phono stages at all. And owners are usually very positive on the unit until they change to something else lol.

You have a nice setup, and deserve a good phono stage. I haven't heard those units, but generally haven't been bowled over by MF gear whenever I've heard it. My answer for "bang for buck" phono stages is always Hagerman. Whatever you can afford from them, hopefully up to the excellent Trumpet MC.