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Science & Sound, Tube or Solid State Phono?

I have heard that for very low level signals solid state will be better than tubes. I am curious as to the impressions out there. I would love to know from a theoretical point of view that is made for the layman what is better or what are the strengths of each. I would also like to know if anyone has compared similar price high end phonos both tube & solid state and had a preference and why? Does the choice depend on the cartridge in use?
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Well, as always, YMMV. I have joined Lloyd Walker's camp that for LOMC cartridges, SS is the best bet. I am a tube fan, I do use a tube line stage and a tube amplifier, but I do agree with Lloyd, that for very small voltages, SS may be a more stable solution. FWIW, my cartridge outputs 0.24 mV.

Cheers,
John
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