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Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp??

Hi, I have purchased and listened to 3 phono preamps which are: A musical surroundings phonomena, musical surroundings Nova II, and a Manley labs Chinook. The Manely labs Chinook is by far bettter sounding then the first two (double the cost too). But, All three have given me nothing but trouble (noise,noise,noise even terrible clipped signals!), and 2 of them basically failed on me. So before I go DIGITAL, can someone please tell me who makes a phono preamp in the $2,000-$3,000 range (tube or solid state) that I can rely on, and sounds as good or better than the Chinook?? Thanks.


Matt M                                             
mattmiller

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Atma-Sphere new MP-1 MK3.3 with a built in Phono is said to be not only the one of the most musical but also the quietest.

John Wolff from Classic Audio uses them on a 101db Horn Speakers with no hiss or noise. I guess you can classify them as one of the quietest Phono-Pre-amp around.
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