Greenacres my personal experience in expanding this down stage is that there was no better upgrade then when I went from the Herron phono preamp to an Audio Research Ref 2A. As I have posted before, I looked and auditioned Pass Labs XP25 as well. Given that you have a tube preamp, I would look at a better solid state unit. A Pass or at a lower price point Parasiund JC3 would in my view be the place I would start. Even an Esoteric E03 would be a contender.
Please evaluate my system...
Interested in what you guys think of the following and if there are any obvious weaknesses:
- VPI Super Scoutmaster (standard)
- Denon DL103 with Paratrace retip
- Linn Linto phono stage
- Audio Research Ref 3 preamp
- Cyrus APA7.5 Monoblocks
- Focal Scala Utopia III Version 1
Not sure where to take the system next! Thanks, Tim
- VPI Super Scoutmaster (standard)
- Denon DL103 with Paratrace retip
- Linn Linto phono stage
- Audio Research Ref 3 preamp
- Cyrus APA7.5 Monoblocks
- Focal Scala Utopia III Version 1
Not sure where to take the system next! Thanks, Tim