Phono Stage - Gold Note PH -10 & PSU 10 power supply ? or comparable

Your choice of a high end phono preamp depends on the type of cartridge you have, specifically the output.  If you have one of the lower output MC cartridges, ie below .5mv, I would consider the Paradox Signature Phono 70.

See Michael Fremer's review of this $3000 phono preamp.  Fremer's analog front end system is extraordinarily expensive.  If something sounds really good on his system you can pretty much bet it is a contender.

I have this phono preamp in my system and it is an extraordinarily good match with my low output Ortofon A95 cartridge.

Good luck with your search.

Hi

I had the Goldnote PH10 and psu and was so pleased with it I upgradd to the PH1000 and matching psu.

Can strongly recommend both Very good natural sound, versatile and easy to use

I have a Zesto Andros Deluxe II that I'm very happy with.  It cost me $8,300, and it's tubed.  They have a simpler version that goes for $5,900.  As someone else mentioned, Sutherland is a good alternative if you want to go with a solid state unit.

@tomic601 I looked at the ARC Ref Phono 2SE specs and the gain settings are pretty limited. So you would have to have a cartridge that matches well with this unit. For example my LOMC with 0.4mv output requires 60db of gain. With ARC because I would run XLR out the specs are 51dB (Low), 74dB (High) at1kHz BAL

So it wouldn’t be a good fit. Am I on the right track here?