I thought about waiting till tomorrow, 6-13-13 to respond, but, I will do so now, because you might be "indisposed" tomorrow.
I had a Linto a while back and liked it a lot. It has a lively and engaging sound. I used it with a Lyra Helikon. A friend has it now and has used it with several different cartridges and it seems to work well with a wide variety of cartridges.
While a fixed load may make it seem less flexible than other phonostages, the chosen value should work well with most cartridges. I tend to not like cartridges loaded down excessively (i.e., LOWER resistance value, such as 50 ohms) so anything above 120 ohms or so would work for me with most cartridges.
I had a Linto a while back and liked it a lot. It has a lively and engaging sound. I used it with a Lyra Helikon. A friend has it now and has used it with several different cartridges and it seems to work well with a wide variety of cartridges.
While a fixed load may make it seem less flexible than other phonostages, the chosen value should work well with most cartridges. I tend to not like cartridges loaded down excessively (i.e., LOWER resistance value, such as 50 ohms) so anything above 120 ohms or so would work for me with most cartridges.