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Allnic, Herron or Tavish choice?

I have a dilemma on which would suit me best. All of them are not cheap dates :O, but all are about the same ballpark pricewise -/+. I run 2 tables, Technics SP-15's side-by-side. The rest of my system is a Krell PAM3 preamp, Krell KSA 10 and Acoustat model 3 electrostats. One table has a .3mv AT33PTGII (MC) and the other, I use a bunch of different MM coils in the 3.5-5 mv range. I want to be able to simply switch between tables without changing things.I prefer via the front of the preamp. What do you think is the best choice of those 3 in the title? Oh, other phono preamps are welcome to throw into the mix as well.
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Your PAM-3 preamp has a line-level input impedance specified as "10K minimum." 10K is much too low to be a suitable load for the Herron phono stage (Keith Herron recommends 50K or more, although 30K seems to work ok for some users). I have my doubts about whether such a low impedance would be optimal with the Allnic or the Tavish, either. Or with many other tube-based phono stages.

Lew’s suggestion of the Manley Steelhead would be ok with respect to impedance compatibility, though.

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-- Al
 
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