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

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?

Well, your cartridge would be fine with 74db of gain, assuming low noise. 60db is a sort of lower limit but not an absolute that cannot be exceeded. The amount of phono gain needed for a particular cartridge is also a function of downstream gain if you have a linestage, amplifier input sensitivity, and speaker efficiency.

thanks all. Getting ARC REF 6se pre amp

It’s line stage only. Been using ARC Sp20

koestu rosewood signature , .40 mv output cartridge 

have phono set at 200 now Will look at ARC ref 2se phono

aS well as strongly consider PH10 w/psu

wondering if Gold Note is coming with a PH10.2

since it’s been out awhile and now there’s the 5.2..