There are literally dozens of comparative reviews already extant both here and especially (mainly) on pfm where the Arkless 640P comes up against most of the rival models from companies such as Trichord, Whest, Project etc, most of them £100-300 more expensive than the Arkless, and thrashes the lot... several reviews can be found where it is preferred to £1000+ units. It is this legacy which I believe gives credence to my claim that it's (in Carlsberg voice-over!) "Probably the best budget phono stage in the world".
As I've said before, the Dynavector P75 is, I would say, its main rival, in as much as being the cheapest alternative to give the Arkless 640P a good run for its money. Several reviews place the Arkless 640P against the P75, a few prefer the Arkless whilst a few prefer the Dynavector. All said there is not much in it (apparently the Arkless wins on PRaT and bass tightness whilst the Dynavector wins on spaciousness and sound-staging... for anyone that interested) The Arkless 640P is £225 plus about £50 for a second-hand donor unit. The Dynavector, considered quite a giant killer itself... is £700!
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Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco