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New phono preamp or tonearm?

Hi,

Presently own a ClearAudio Master Solution with a Tecnoarm from Michell and a Benz Wood M2, phono pre is an ARC PH3. I am in the process of upgrading my phono pre and tonearm and I was wondering which I should do first, arm or pre! Short list for tone arm is the Graham Phantom II, phono pre I will be looking at the ARC PH7, Nagra VPS, Aesthetix Rhea, EAR 88BP and Artemis Lab PH1. I think I will be keeping the Technoarm for a second mono cartridge, so some phono pre are better suited for my purpose than others (2 inputs).

Current system consists of an ARC Ref3 pre, ARC VS110 amp, SF Cremona speakers, YTER interconnects and Shunyata Orion speaker cables. I listen mostly to jazz.

Thanks for reading
redsectora

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stiltskin
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Redsectora,
I am in total agreement with Thomas....

You have the ARC 3 preamp, for sure try out the ARC PH7.

While your at it, get what you have precisely dialed in with a MintLp arc protractor at MintLp.com
A slew of testimonials on Minting your cartridge can be found here on Audiogon.
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