I'm with brf. It seems that's what you want, as an alternative to the SME Synergy type of solution (where the phono stage is built in to the TT). And as someone else wrote, you could buy one of the many tiny, inexpensive, yet good phono stages now available and park them very close to your TT. Such a box could even be hard-wired to the tonearm (to avoid an extra pair of ICs in the signal path). Where have we gone wrong in our understanding of your post?
High-end TT setup with phono stage built in
Does this exist, other than the yet to be released Burmester: https://www.burmester.de/en/home-audio/reference-line/175-turntable.html at 30000$, my budget is 1/10th that.
I am looking for SQ of a $5000 (2k TT, 1k cart, 2k phono stage) analog setup but don't want yet another box (phono preamp). Budget <5000$
Why so? Let's just say I am obsessed with reducing the number of boxes in my condo.
I am looking for SQ of a $5000 (2k TT, 1k cart, 2k phono stage) analog setup but don't want yet another box (phono preamp). Budget <5000$
Why so? Let's just say I am obsessed with reducing the number of boxes in my condo.