Thanks for the responses.Well that $550 MFA I saw was bypassed (for now) as I was first in ona posting for the Korus Eclispe.$1200 made me jump.Decent reveiws not just in the French press but elsewhere as well.Not that many preamps have dual inputs for seperate MM and MC sections.I guess maybe if I decide to keep only my Aries/12.5 and get some extra arm tubes than it won't be an issues and I would have prefered the adjustable loading on the Counterpoint 5000 (which had seperate MM and MC inputs but the cover had to be taken off to do it).But if I get a multi arm or just a second deck well it'd supposed to have a superb hybrid phono section so there I've saved even more dough than buying say and EAR with a cheaper rig.But bottom line this was this was a 4 year old $3500 pre that came up at a price where you just kick yourself for not having been quick on the draw.As far as Drawbacks go it needs the two pre-amps supplied.Why two?There are primary functions which only can be done via remote.We'll see about that one.But headphone,dual inputs,impressive supplied issolation points and cups well if it had a mono switch and phase I would have many of the ergonomics I'd design in myself.Anyway appreciate the feedback and in maybe a month I'll submit a review of the rig.
Cheers!
Chazz
Cheers!
Chazz