Advice is one thing and I appreciate the input of everyone here including yourself, but you're over the top with your Taiwan/Chinese built "hifi" loyalty remarks. Funny that someone who is so defensive about Ebay Taiwan hi end audio brands has a system made in USA, Japan and Europe, according to your system page that is. I'm sure not everything hifi wise produced in China and Taiwan and sold on Ebay is poor quality and poor performance, but its not worth risking for me that is. Peace and thanks but no thanks to your suggestion in phono preamp.
Natural, musical, dynamic phono preamp 700 used
Hello fellow analog enthusiasts. In my quest for a better phono preamp I must ask everyone this question -
If given $500-$700 to spend on a phono preamp which can run moving magnet and moving coil (or just moving coil) which would you choose?
Must be:
Tonally accurate
Musical
Dynamic
Not Dark or clinical/cold sounding
Replacing a Grado phono preamp which is ok, but I think I can do better and it can't do mc anyway.
Possible Contenders -
-Modded PS Audio GCPH (stock form was awful sounding imo, so the modded unit would be a leap of faith but heard they were good)
-Dynavector P75 MK2
-Sim Audio Moon 110LP (amps are too cool for me but heard their phono stage was decent)
-Used EAR 834P (getting on in age so not sure about this one)
Probably more I am not aware of, hence the reason for the thread.
Thanks and Peace
If given $500-$700 to spend on a phono preamp which can run moving magnet and moving coil (or just moving coil) which would you choose?
Must be:
Tonally accurate
Musical
Dynamic
Not Dark or clinical/cold sounding
Replacing a Grado phono preamp which is ok, but I think I can do better and it can't do mc anyway.
Possible Contenders -
-Modded PS Audio GCPH (stock form was awful sounding imo, so the modded unit would be a leap of faith but heard they were good)
-Dynavector P75 MK2
-Sim Audio Moon 110LP (amps are too cool for me but heard their phono stage was decent)
-Used EAR 834P (getting on in age so not sure about this one)
Probably more I am not aware of, hence the reason for the thread.
Thanks and Peace
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