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Have you actually owned or had an Audible Illusions full preamp in your system to know if what you say is true? I now have a TRL DUDE with many upgrades, plus I've been looking for the phono preamp that can do equal justice and sound as goo as the AI John Curl MC phono section did. Forget about the extra expense of high end power cords extra, hi end fuses, and extra hi end interconnects. My clarity has picked up along with the dynamics with my step up from the AI 3A, but the DUDE is among the finest sounding preamps out there, even now. That phono section is still great sounding as was the CD input.
Have you actually owned or had an Audible Illusions full preamp in your system to know if what you say is true? I now have a TRL DUDE with many upgrades, plus I've been looking for the phono preamp that can do equal justice and sound as goo as the AI John Curl MC phono section did. Forget about the extra expense of high end power cords extra, hi end fuses, and extra hi end interconnects. My clarity has picked up along with the dynamics with my step up from the AI 3A, but the DUDE is among the finest sounding preamps out there, even now. That phono section is still great sounding as was the CD input.