@audphile1 Your probably correct… we shall see. Enjoy your new KS1116’s! I always follow in yours. Nice.
Phono Stage
I am getting near the end of my current system journey. I have my digital (streaming) side set (for now). It sounds glorious to my old hearing aid assisted ears. And streaming is where I spend the vast majority of my listening.
Regardless, I am now focusing on vinyl, with the recent addition of a P8.
My analog side: Rega P8 w/ Hana ML > Rega Aria > Kimber KS1018 > BHK pre > Zavfino Fusion mk2 > Moon 330A > Transparent + > KEF Ref 3’s. If do a weak link analysis both chatGPT & Gemini say it my phono stage.
So looking for potential replacements. As always I am very space constrained, (half wides are perfect) no tubes and looking to stay under $3,000 used. I like accuracy, clarity & cleanliness.
My current candidates:
Rega AOS
Gold Note PH10
Sutherland 20/20 w/LPS
Sutherland Little Loco
The Sutherland’s work because they are thin and con fit under my raised center channel speaker. The duo stack is too high
Please let me know your thoughts and/or recommendations. Thanks!
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Thanks @signaforce ! |
I completely agree with your statement. In my experience, the MM stage outperforms the MC stage in phono stages that offer both, especially in terms of noise. A properly sited SUT effectively negates that problem. Which raises the option of purchasing at the outset a phono stage optimized for MM only, likely to be noticeably less expensive than a MM/MC unit. |
I have a Moon 810LP and highly recommend it. There is nothing that I could ask for to improve the sound, and I use it with my Rega Planar 10 with Apheta 3. You could probably find one used for around $6k broken in. Mine sounded totally amazing after 200+ hours of break in. It is highly rated as a reference piece and even bought as new a great value. |
Long story as to why, but ended up buying the Gold Note PH10. Short story is the used Sutherland fell through, no used Moon’s, & stumbled upon this lightly used PH10 at a price too good to pass on. A lot of you love yours, it is the PERFECT form factor, so thought I would give it a try. |
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