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Sutherland 2020 vs Parasound jc 3

thinking about going to the dark side-solid state with my next phono preamp. my system is a little on the warm full side. Want a phono that can rock hard as well as be delicate with vocals, small jazz. Do not want hum when i pick up the needle off the lp at volume. Would apprecite any thoughts of those that have heard both of these units in a system whith which they are very familiar. thanks in advance for your help
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dhl93449
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I have Parasound JC line stage and power amps, and considered the JC3 for my phono.

Only thing that held me back was a total inflexibility of input loading (capacitive and resistive) that a phono preamp at this price should have. Plus, no gain alternatives as well besides the two MM/MC.

As far as noise goes, it must be much better than it's specs by a lot, because a lowly CA 640/650 trounces it on paper.
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