Equally some more vinyl oriented makers put decent ones in eg. Rega and they can sometimes be switchable MM/MC, or MC by request.
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Equally some more vinyl oriented makers put decent ones in eg. Rega and they can sometimes be switchable MM/MC, or MC by request.
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Surely this depends on the 'quality' of the phono stage and not whether it is built in ? You can get a very cheap integrated which has a crappy built in stage or an EAR 912 ! they are both integrated stages but vastly different in the quality.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
If it's separate then it will have its own power supply instead of sharing the one in the amplifier. That can make a difference especially for noise.
Depends how serious you are about using vinyl.
Having said that there are a lot of quite pricey separate stages which are no better than the one you get in a decent integrated amp or a pre-amplifier. Buyer beware.
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TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.