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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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soldevere
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i'm glad to hear that you've sorted out your ground-loop issue!

that said, i wanted to put in a brief plug for the Dynavector P75 phono stage. it was designed to go with your cartridges and there's real synergy to be had there. well worth taking a flyer on a used one to see if it floats your boat -- easy to move on if it doesn't move you.
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