Quote Originally Posted by RothwellAudio View Post
Yes, indeed, headamps are a very niche product. There days there are so many mc compatible phonostages around that there seems there's hardly any point in getting a headamp. Of course, most valve phonostages are mm only so some kind of headamp or step-up is essential if you want to use an mc cartridge, but I have no idea what they're using - they're certainly not buying a lot of headamps or step-up transformers from me!
Nor from me! Head amps that is... I don't make SUT's... But of course if a Lentek one comes up it is snatched up in minutes cos it has the "approved brand name"! Well I'm making my forthcoming full function hybrid pre (a shoot off from this will be a phono stage and a line stage) as MM only due to the current fad for using MM stages with separate head amps or (more likely) SUT's, so it will be interesting to see how that goes.... I'll probably offer a matching head amp for that which takes its power from the main unit and maybe a MC only version, which would be a fair bit more expensive as it would probably need an external PSU. I generally make MM only or MC only phono stages BTW as I consider it too large a compromise to do otherwise.