My feeling generally is you want as much flexabilty as possible. The Phonomena phono stage from Musical Surroundings is infinitly adjustable via dip switches with adjustable gain settings via same route.
An outboard adds another interconnect to your total cost.
As far as a terrific preamp with a very good phono stage, Art Audio's VP1 is a great choice. MM or MC configuration.
That's the rub with built in phono stages It's either or and loading is generally not selectable.
An outboard adds another interconnect to your total cost.
As far as a terrific preamp with a very good phono stage, Art Audio's VP1 is a great choice. MM or MC configuration.
That's the rub with built in phono stages It's either or and loading is generally not selectable.