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Back to vinyl need phono stage help!

Recently back in the vinyl game since the eighties! Sota sapphire VI>Origin Live silver>Hana EH. My backend is a Primaluna Evo 400>Pass Labs XA30.8>Ascend Acoustics towers. Musical tastes from Porcupine Tree to Loreena McKennitt!! Looking for phono stage help! Would take musical and dynamics over analytical any day of the week!! Sutherland KC vibe is what's been recommended to me. Price range would be around 1k to 1500. Of course there's always wiggle room lol!
Thanks✌️
jimfinn2112
mickeyb
542 posts
 
I believe there’s an ear834p for sale on audiogon right now. I thinks it’s 1050. Go jump on it. 
devildog1316
6 posts
 
The PH - 10 is still in production as far as I know. I purchased mine from Safe and Sound. I’ve also seen them advertised on EBay. This phono stage can load just about any cartridge you may have. So yes, it can handle the good MC’s. You can also change the gain from -3db to +6db.
medium_grade
77 posts
 
I have that same cartridge. Sounds great, but doesn't really sound its best unless you give it about 50db worth of gain. I used a Vista Audio Phono 2 and upgraded the op amps with sparkos. I hear the Bottlehead Eros is very good and that one gives a solid 50db
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cakyol
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Rega Aria
sandthemall
544 posts
 
I run a Technics 1200G to Project Phono RS ($1000) to Evo 400.

The RS comes with a wall wart or for an additional $700 Project offers a battery powered power supply.

I bought an outboard power supply on ebay for $200 and it is much quieter than the wall wart.

The RS is dual mono (so the settings are done for each R/L channel).

It has settings for MC/MM...no step uo transformer needed. It is dead quiet. 

It is a very underated phono preamp.
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