I purchased the Rhea signature after purchasing a demo turntable, tonearm, cartridge. The phono stage in my preamp, though excellent was t enough for the .25 mv lomc t purchased the aesthetix for the extra gain, and in the open showroom sounded excellent. I’m my listening room the tube rush over 54 db gain was clearly evident. I found a private party that had nos Hammond organ 12au tubes and lived happily with them for years. Actually bought a second set for future. The extra tubes were an unfortunate loss over two moves and the replacements were sold out. I sold the unit, and enjoy the phono stage in my integrated.
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I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers
To the Audiogon community. I am currently considering one of three possible all tube phono preamps to incorporate in my two channel system. The three phono stages are 1.Aesthetix Rhea phono preamp 2.Zesto Andros Deluxe II phono stage and 3. Vac Renaissance phono preamp. I will incorporate the stand alone phono preamp into my McIntosh C48 preamp and utilize a Clearaudio Performance DC turntable with a Clearaudio Universal tonearm and Kiseki Purple Heart phono cartridge. If anyone has experience to help me compare the differences between these phono stages I would greatly appreciate the input. Thanks.