Phono preamp with best mid bass

@tooblue ,

I have the Marantz TT15S1. I believe it’s a Clear audio table re badged. It’s stock clear audio cartridge and arm that came on it. 
 

thanks

Looking at the Rogue Ares 2 and the Vincent PHO-701. Anyone compare the 2 and is the Rogue worth over double the Vincent. Both seem to get great reviews. 

Totally agree with all the tips. I have a good lead on a Rogue Ares 2 for a pretty good deal I may jump on. We shall see may pick it up tomorrow after thinking on it for the night. The MM phono input on my MF A1008 does not have much gain. I would rather play through my tube integrated but I’m using the phono out of the MF and I can’t get the volume I need. I’ll update if I buy the Rogue after a few days. Demo model so prob has some hours on it. 

Well ended up buying an open box Rogue Triton 2 for a pretty good discount. I don’t think it was really even open box but who knows. Decided based on price and the fact I plan to use a tube amp that the ss might be a better choice. On another thread a guy mentioned he has the Ares and the Triton and used the Triton for rock and the Ares for acoustic and jazz. I’m definitely more in the former camp.  

So far very happy camper about 2 hours in. Immediate improvement across the board. Not even burned in yet. Volume and dynamics have went up a few orders of magnitude. So much more articulate. Slight metallic sheen on the treble is gone as well. 

It's the Clearaudio Ebony Wood MM. The only setting the MF has is either MM or MC. Honestly I just plugged in the Triton and just played it with the stock settings out of the box. I plan on seeing if there is some fine tuning yet to be done as the unit is pretty flexible. Below are the different settings available on the Rogue unit: 

"Four different gain levels are available (43dB, 55dB, 60dB, 70dB), plus 20, 30, 100, 300, 1K, 47k, 75K, 100K Ohm loading options and 0, 47, 150, 470,1K Picofared loading options. "

I was very happy with the sound then poof! Lol. Think I will drag the damn dresser out check all connections which Im pretty sure are good. Came out of no where . Dead quiet before if that gives any indication. Phono pre got an internal deal? I really dunno? 

Ok guys!!! So 0 static, hum or any other BS up until NOW! When I touch the tone arm static, touch any damn thing high static. Checked grounds all good. Floated the ground on the Triton. Thought it helped for a minute but no same thing. I can actually see the tubes on my tube amp flicker when I touch the tone arm or any of the wires. Pissed! Lol. Gonna screw with it tomorrow but opinions much appreciated! 

Well while not totl my Tt setup was eclipsing my phono stage. The Rogue is great and I fixed my hum static issue I was having last night. For now. I’m a total newb in vinyl basically. I’m digging it more than my digital setup which is descent. 

Well…… I’m not really sure. Changed the power cable to the Rogie with the one that came with it and re routed cables a little better. Flipped the ground defeat on the Rouge on more time and went away.. ha. Don’t know if coming back or not but was pretty bad when it was happening. To the point you couldn’t listen.