Never used or heard a ’Bob’s’
I love my Vintage McIntosh’s MM Phono sound, thus only needed to boost a low MC signal up to MM signal strength, to continue to use the mx110z’s tube phono.
AND, I wanted PASS, to simply send (Pass) a MM cartridge’s output out with zero involvement of the transformer.
Like many of us, you might end up with a small handful of cartridges, or, which cartridge is next after the current one wears out?
I chose some flexibility regarding both signal boost (x-factor)
and a few selectable impedances.
I found Fidelity Research, FRT-4. The impedance changes with the x-factor, not independently
this one looks nice and a good price
note: it has selectable inputs for 3 tonearms.
ENTRE ET-100 is somewhat similar (one less x-factor/impedance choice). Also 3 selectable tonearms.
Some SUTs have independent impedance and independent x-factor controls (rear switches, internal jumpers, etc).