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Tube phono preamp help please.

Looking for a new tube phono preamp. Only caveats - must be silver or wood (to match components) and be $500 or so or under. Looking at Pro-ject Tube Box II SE or Consonance PM-6. Is there anything else I should look at? Please keep conditions in mind. Many thanks!

JP
jpstereo
narrod
1,064 posts
 
Check out the Jolida tube model.
jpstereo OP
53 posts
 
By the way, I am using a Technics SL-1200 MKII with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge!
mingles
792 posts
 
Bottlehead Seduction with 36 dB gain is very well regarded in the $500 or less range. Your Ortofon 2M Red with 5.5 mV output will match with it fine.

Check the forums: Bottlehead Seduction Phono Stage question
stick70
64 posts
 
I second the Jolida. Cool part with tubes is you can roll them to (in some cases) achieve better sonics. Also Rogue is another to look into. Very close to the Jolida. Bellari VP 129 is another lower cost option. For slightly more you can pick up a used ARC PH3.
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