I should also add, I've had the Parasound JC3 and Pass XP-15 among a few other less expensive phono preamps. In my system the Parasound was a bit noisy, although it is very good. The Pass Labs was excellent and very quiet. Both have dip switches at the back, which with the configuration of my system, made access very inconvenient. For me, the MW 9.0x is the best of the bunch. It sounds wonderful and is dead quiet.