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A comparable phono preamp

I recently bought a rouge audio rp7 preamp my amp is a bryston 4b my turntable is a linn basic with an akito tonearm with a linn adict mm cartridge mounted to it.I would like to at a later time up date it with a MC cartridge. My speakers are a pair of dynaudio special fortys with a rel s510 sub woofer. Now my preamp has no phono section nor dose the turntable. The phono preamp I have sounds cold harsh and to bright. It is a NAD PP4 and I am using it because it is what I use to record vynal to digital with a USB out. I should of bought a phono preamp when i bought the preamp .Now I am looking for a phono preamp that will give me that warm natural sound I am looking for. Can anyone suggest to me a phono preamp that will make my system sound like what I have spent to build it. TY mal11963

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As avanti mentioned is appears that you may need lower gain capability with the HIGH OUPUT Linn cartridge.

If you are interested in an inexpensive stop gap (while maintaining use of the Linn cartridge) you might look @ the Schiit Mani-2 phono preamp (make certain it's the updated "2" version).

It's well reviewed, gain can be set as low as the mid 30's (to see if this is the problem) and it's $150.

You could also compare it to your current phono pre in regard to analog/digital transfer.

The last tube phono preamps I tried in my meager setup were an Audion Sterling and an EAR 834P (MM only), so I'm not up to date on what's good now and/or what models have user adjustable gain.

 

DeKay

 

 

 

 

 

 

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