Quote Originally Posted by User211 View Post
That's the common wisdom. BTW I never rated the EAR 868P's phono stage much. Trichord Diablo is quite a bit better IMHO. Tom's has a better SLUT in though.
Lol - nice deliberate typo!

If I were to have a bespoke valve preamp, with MM phono stage, built from scratch, I'd have it done with hardwired SUTs. The detrimental sonic effect caused by interconnect cables (even the shortest ones), with SUTs, shouldn't be underestimated.

Marco.