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Current or former owners of ARC PH2 and/or LS5

I know these products were intended to be used together. But, no matter how hard I web search, I cannot find out which product contains the RIAA compensation circuitry. "LS" usually means line stage only, but I see a “Phono” input on the back of LS5 photos. The PH2 appears to be intended to be used as a MC head amp which usually has no RIAA EQ, but maybe this one does have it . I would like to archive some of my LP collection as 24-bit 192kHz audio files and may potentially use one or both of these units to front end a professional analog to digital converter. I see some contributors in past forums have owned these products, so thanks in advance for anyone that can help me out.
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I've personally owned, (and sold, I was an ARC dealer), both of these pieces.

The PH2 is indeed a phono stage only, not a head amp or pre-preamp. That was the MCP-2. So the PH-2 handles the RIAA conversation.

The LS5 is indeed a line stage only. ARC just labeled one of the inputs as phono, but it does NOT contain a phono stage.
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