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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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Hi Matt, 
Congratulations on solving system grounding.  I would add to Raul's praise of the Klyne.  One year ago I purchased a 7PX2 that Mr. Klyne had just serviced.  Not only quiet, but natural timbres.  The adjustable high frequency contour is a wonderful feature for optimizing sound of MC cartridges without resorting to "overloading" (i.e. use of low impedance load to attenuate excessive HF energy.)
Happy listening,
Harvey
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