Has anyone used the Rega Ania with a Phono Box S2?


The Ania has a pretty anemic output, and I worry about the Phono Box being able to handle it well.

Asking for a friend (no, really), who's looking at a planar 6, but I'm not sure if the Ania is the right choice for his phono stage.
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I've listened to an Ania on a similarly priced NAD PP-2.  Noise floor equal to my NAK CA-7A pre but lacked the depth of presentation that the NAK has; but I would classify it as very good.

Ania was on a new Planar 3, nice sounding combination but I didn't like it as much as my current Heybrook TT2/LVX/OC-9ML.

Sold it.
It does have enough gain, but sometimes budget phono preamps don't do well with low output cartridges - noise floor too high, too much distortion for such a small signal, etc.
Just look at the numbers. It puts out .35 mV.
The S2 goes to 63 dB gain.
Match made in heaven.