The post for the aesthetix rhea is correct. Great liquid sound. Even though it has high gain I don’t recommend it for lomc as the gain is all tube. I replaced the critical last three tubes with nos Hammond organ 12ax7 from a vendor. If you use high gain, it requires great tubes to avoid tube rush. Sold mine when I downsized. Recently restarted with qhw the vinyl for 800 dollars. Totally satisfied and you get 3 week free trial
Best Phono Stage
Hi all,
I need some advise on a really good sounding phono stage to go with MC turntable set up in the $5k or so bracket. I am completely new to vinyl and realise there a lot here in terms of arm/cart matching MC,MM and I think moving iron but if you could point me in the direction of some good sounding units I can investigate compatibility etc. I don’t own a table or cart yet. I was looking at the Zesto Audio 1.2.
My goal is a liquid engaging sound with deep tight bass and air and separation on top.
Thanks in advance.
Sean