Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
this is the first all transistor phono stage I have ever used with my current set up and indeed with any set up I have owned so for me it was going to be a big deal. How would a very well received SS phono stage sound and how would it compare against an all valve phono stage? Also bear in mind this phono stage measures incredibly well with a very low noise floor of -151 dBv. It also has a super accurate RIAA EQ tolerance level (+/- 0.15 db). So I will be comparing a phono stage that probably measures way better than my Croft phono stage on almost every parameter, but does it sound as good!
The numbers published by iFi are "inflated" . To see how this phono preamp performs in neutral testing, the results are much different from advertised. You can look at them here https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...o-stage.35240/

You will make your own decision on sound, but i wanted to say "hey, this isn't how it is" and ask not to decide in concrete for all SS devices based on this one preamp.