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Replacing my MFA Luminescence B2 preamp

I have in the past year returned to high end audio after a ten year lapse. I just got my JC Verdier La Platine TT out, purchased a brand new ZYX Ultimate 100 mounted on a 25 year old SME V. The only other source equipment is a Wadia 16 of 1990’s (?) vintage. Amplification is through Von Gaylord / Legend Audio mono block amp.  I dug out an old pair of Morel MLP 202 bookshelf speaker. And I started playing music through my thirty year old MFA Luminescence preamp.  ( I know, It’s an eclectic mix ! )

My question has to do with the preamp. It’s a vintage piece of gear, apparently still sought after.  But I am decidedly not technically oriented. Every so often, it requires maintenance. As I write this, it is sitting in a shop, because the phono section works only in one channel. MFA Luminescence is brilliant in action, but it’s the down time that has me thinking I should move to a simpler setup. I wonder if moving to a Coincident Phono preamp might not be the answer? It fits my set up of  only two source equipments. Would it be a step down? Any other options?

please help!
ledoux1238

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teo_audio
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circuits don’t change much, refinement of them is usually the deal. Some parts changes, some minimal changes. Not much else. The Lumi does phono right.

Those who love music over audiophilia and still have a extreme amount of capacity for discernment for nuance over grossness of signal, well, in my experience..it is the Bruce Moore phono/pre circuits that sets their heart on fire.

(I have what is probably the one and only Venusian three chassis MFA prototype preamp, it will swing about 165V into a standard load. It has ’overload margin’, one might say)
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
Well, that's just like...your opinion, man.
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