It is very musical, albeit it is just a slight bit dark sounding. It is a top of the line phono preamp, that can compete with some of the very best. It is very quiet for a tube phono preamp, with very black backgrounds, assuming that one does not use a really low output cartridge, say less than a 0.50 MC cartridge. (FYI, I own Lamm equipment, (M2.1 monoblocks), so I tend to be fairly enthusiastic about their equipment, so take that into account.)
However it is somewhat limited by its set configuration.
The Gain is specified at 57.5dB for MC, and 37.65 for MM. Input impedance is 400 Ohms for MC, and 47kOhms for MM.
(Hopefully one of those two settings will work for your cartridge. If not, well .... perhaps this is not the preamp for you. Personally, I would have loved if it had been a bit more flexible, and if it had balanced inputs and outputs, (as I run my analog in balanced mode.)
My two cents worth anyway.
However it is somewhat limited by its set configuration.
The Gain is specified at 57.5dB for MC, and 37.65 for MM. Input impedance is 400 Ohms for MC, and 47kOhms for MM.
(Hopefully one of those two settings will work for your cartridge. If not, well .... perhaps this is not the preamp for you. Personally, I would have loved if it had been a bit more flexible, and if it had balanced inputs and outputs, (as I run my analog in balanced mode.)
My two cents worth anyway.