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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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This is a good topic and one that am very interested in. Let's get back to the subject of $500-$700 phono stages. Based on what I posted above, would a JD9, GCPH or something else be a better choice? I'd like to have variable gain control but don't want to buy the wrong stage just to get that feature. I'm up for mods later on but want it to sound good out of the box. Is the stock GCPH that bad? |
Another one that may be worthy of consideration is the Musical Surroundings Phonomena Nova. Runs on batteries, charges with AC. New @ $1K, would be right in your sweet spot used. I have one and like it, but don't have much experience with other phono stages so can't comment too much on how it rates against the others suggested. I use it with a Denon DL-103r, and it has DIP switches for Cap, Resistance, and Gain which made a huge difference with the LOMC Denon. Made in the USA (California) which may or may not matter to you, it does matter to me. |
How about the Bottlehead Seduction Phono preamp? You can either build it yourself and tweak away or have Bottlehead build it for you. http://www.diyaudioblog.com/2011/02/bottlehead-seduction-phono-pre-amp.html http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobespc/Seduction/seduction.htm |
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