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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                                             
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inna
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What noise? I use Acoustech phono designed by Ron Sutherland and Goldring 1042 MM cartridge. There is no noise. Now that I added PS Audio PPP regenerator, the sound became so much better.
Herron would take you midway. What you really want is either Gryphon or top of the line Sutherland or Lamm. Dream big.
inna
7,166 posts
 
That's the point. Never get LOMC unless you can afford megabuck phono. And HOMC makes little sense to me.
inna
7,166 posts
 
Yes, Al, I am of course aware of that.
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