Help with Phono preamp suggestions!


An Audiophile friend has recommended a Whest Phonostage 2.0 as an upgrade from my Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena. Opinions, comments?
Other components:
Pass XA-25
Linear Tube Audio MZ2 pre
Linn Sondek LP12
Hana SL 
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Showing 1 response by ihcho

I had a Whest 2.0 for several months. It was pretty good. Its MC was pretty good too. However, I moved to  Magi Phonomenal. It is a hand made point to point connection tube phono preamp with two MM inputs. To my ears, Magi sound better. Also I went to separate MC SUT (based on Hashimoto transformer) which produced a better result with MC cartridges. Also, I like two separate phono inputs supported by Magi. I am not sure whether it is still produced, but you can give a try.