The Marcof remains a good alternative to much more expensive SUT's for use with LOMC cartridges. Prices on the second hand market average around $200. I have one and its SQ is quite good, considering its price! The battery supply is a nice feature!
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I use a Thorens head-amp — not their recent crop of phono ancillaries, an oldie-but-goodie, over 30 years old. It's very compact, and quite "pretty". They made it as a plug-in module to fit into an EMT broadcast console. I found it on a trip to Johannesburg, where it had been used for SABC FM broadcasts. It has two gain settings: 22 and 32 dB (and Bypass). It came with a 12V wall-wart but that was an improvisation — its original power supply was inside the console — and I found batteries to be an improvement. It's dead-silent even at full gain, as quiet as a SUT. I see them occasionally online — rare, but affordable. |
Dear @harrylavo: SA-2 the finest? Well, in my first hand experiences because I owned nothing can " touch "/comes close to the Classé Audio NIL-3. Its separated power supply in reality is an amplifier power supply and the separated lectronics comes in a true " bunker " where all the electronics comes not only covered by something as solid silicon and inside a bullet proff metal shield against any disturbances of any kind and this comes inside the heavy metal external box/chassis. It's not only a beauty of design but ejemplary high quality ececution to that top design. As I said nothing can beats till today. Unfortunatelly I sold it years ago. Here it's a good opportunity to have it: https://www.ebay.it/itm/Classe-Audio-NIL-MC-Moving-Coil-Step-Up-Amplifier-Rare-/322508263830 That's is the FINEST. Period. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
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