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I usually can’t stand George’s posts

Luv you too!

I’ve never heard of Herron or Tom Evans.

Here's one I'm sure there are other, from what my vinyl customers tell me.
https://forums.whathifi.com/threads/review-tom-evans-audio-design-mastergroove.72863/

Cheers George

Your welcome.

Cheers George 

And your response here makes you the perfect example.

That’s right, I didn’t start this, I was being responsive to your bs abuse you tried to put on me and my product, even though it wasn’t mentioned originally by me.


dougthebiker : I was steering you to a very very good Phono stage in the Tom Evans range, that have so much gain there is no need for an active pre, a passive will do, and the money saved on not buying an active pre can maybe put toward Tom Evans flagship phono stage.

Nelson Pass:

“We’ve got lots of gain in our electronics. More source gain than some of us need or want. At least 10 db more.

Think of it this way: If you are running your volume control down around 9 o’clock, you are actually throwing away source signal level so that a subsequent active preamp gain stage can make it back up."

With added noise and distortions.

Nelson Pass:

"Routinely DIYers opt to make themselves a “passive preamp” - just an input selector and a volume control.

What could be better? Hardly any noise or distortion added by these simple passive parts. No feedback, no worrying about what type of capacitors – just musical perfection.

And yet there are guys out there who don’t care for the result. “It sucks the life out of the music”, is a commonly heard refrain (really - I’m being serious here!). Maybe they are reacting psychologically to the need to turn the volume control up compared to an active preamp.”

Cheers George

The @georgehifi post is a perfect example. George loves the Tom Evans phono stages because he "Has models that have big gain so you only need a passive pre to go with them" and George sells Passive preamps.

You are blind to what I said. It then saves the owner then paying $$$$ for a useless line stage preamp.
I’m not telling him to purchase a Lightspeed, a simple $49 Schiit Sys passive would then do, get off your "active preamp pedestal".

PS: here is the US agent for them

https://www.soundbysinger.com/high-end-audio/phono-stages-and-catridges

I would seriously look at Tom Evens range of phono stages, many hold him up as the Messiah of phono stages. Has models that have big gain so you only need a passive pre to go with them, and have switchable adjustable cartridge loading impedances.
http://www.audiodesign.co.uk/

Cheers George