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    Join Date: Aug 2014

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    I'm Mathew.

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    Hi,

    I'm after a good MM SS phono stage.

    I have a Linn Sondek somewhere around Akurate level with a DV20XL cartridge, Naim Nova amp.

    I'm not too fixed on budget, just something that would work well in context.

    Any recommendations?

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    I went through a few in varying budgets, including a few of the so called giant killers..

    NAD PP2
    Trichord Dino with NCPS
    Angle Audio battery version
    Arkless Turbo
    Firebottle loaner
    Graham Slee Reflex M with PSU 1
    Croft RIAA
    EAR 834
    WhestTWO

    For my taste the Whest was comfortably the best for MM, and I think it would work well with your cartridge.

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    I'm using a top range project. Does both and can connect to pc and play it digitally too. It's a very nice but of kit. The ds2 range
    Phono box ds2 usb I think it goes by. You can get a non USB too. The dig on the fly is super
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    + 1 for the graham slee stuff. I had both a Slee with PSU1 power supply( which makes a nice difference) and a firebottle when i had moving magnet carts and both were very good and id say on par with one another, very good value for money. I Sinced moved to Whest 2.2 which is a whole other ball game all together and surprising how fairly priced you get get one if you speak to james directly, hes a good egg and will sort one way under retail prices.


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    Hi Mathew
    Ive tried quite a few and ended up with a Pure Sound P10 for mm and added the T10 to give me mc.
    Its a valve phono stage and sounds fantastic.
    This will be moving on as soon as i complete building my Bigbottle phono stage.

    Good luck Steve...
    Turntable; Rega p8
    Cartridge; Alpheta mc
    Phono Stage; Rega Aria, Bigbottle 3 mm/mc
    Amplifier; Rega Elicit
    Speakers; Rega Rx3

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    Cheers for the suggestions, quite like the look of the whest2 mentioned.

    I'm currently using the Tisbury Audio budget phono stage which punches well above it's weight at £150 (does mm better than mc I think), just looking for something slightly more refined. I also have a Croft RIAA R which is refined but lacks the dynamics of ss.
    Last edited by mathewf; 06-06-2019 at 14:40.

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    I agree, for me the SS amps were much more punchy and dynamic with an MM cartridge.

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    I think this was touched upon in a previous post, but the "Pathos - In the groove" phono is superb.

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    Or try a Rothwell or a phono from the brand that can't be named.

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    Aren't there a couple brands that can't be named?

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