Best budget phono preamp?

Title kind of speaks for itself. SS stongly preferred. Needs to be able to handle either a MM or high output MC. Something that would work well with an AR ES1.

tonyptony01-24-2006 1:59am

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riffer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 01-24-2006 at 02:25am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What's the budget?
riffer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 01-24-2006 at 06:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Trigon Vanguard II - $495 Solid state. Lots of gain and loading options to "dial in" your cartridge. I don't have the Volcano II power supply (another $495) and mine still has an extremely low noise floor. Tried Grado, Monolithic Sound, Rogue, and a few others and this is the one I kept.
riffer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 01-25-2006 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Trigon is clear, Dynamic. VPI Aries Scout, VPI JWM9, Dynavector 20XH & Benz L2

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