The best phono stage out there?

Well the best might be the Whest Reference it just conveys music.
Its strange the Tron being mentioned I heard it a few times and to my ears it was slightly coloured having a dark presentation. But there is a chance this was the system. It has tremendous resolution but so has the Whest Reference
I think what makes the Whest reference special is manufactures like Amazon and Raven who use it there system
But as it been said earlier there is no real best just about preferences

I heard the Allnic H1500 twice in two seperate systems both times it did a wonderful job with acoustic music but when it came to electric disorted guitars it sounded very muddy to me. I have not heard the 3000
So if you going down that route please hear before you buy the 1500 is not for everyone

For me it seemed to happen with music that had real drive like the Electric pieces from Casino by Al DiMeola remember being told that it must be production on record from dealer

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I am happy that you have not encountered the same issue, it was so frustrating as a really nice phono stage but very happy with what I got now