Which phono preamplifier do you recommend?

Price range? What's your table, cart, arm combo? I'm fond of my Manley Chinook. If you have more to spend, I hear the Allnic H1201 is really nice. At under $1k, I'd go with a Ray Samuel's Nighthawk F-117.

I was thinking $1000 or less.
 TT, tonearm and cartridge are TBD.

If you can find a used Pass Aleph Ono, I heartily recommend that

Anything by Tom Evans or EAR.  Clearaudio and Pass Labs are also great recommendations.

Van Alstine phono is 500 bucks and very good .

Good used Hagerman Cornet II

http://libertyaudio.com/white-papers/b2b-1-phono-preamp

Google for reviews as well


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Good Listening
Peter

Pretty sure the Liberty is over $1000.

Go to the Analog Room in your hood to at least get an idea of what you're getting into. Your cartridge and preamplifier will have a great deal to do with the range of gain you may require.

Beware, indoor cigar smoking takes place at the Room.

I own a Klyne 6PE and I think it's an option to consider, if you can find a used one (which should be under $1000, I believe).

TW Acustic phono is the best..

Herron VTPH is kick ass

Try the LEEMA? It's supposed to be very good, and it's under 1K.

Herron vtph 2 does kick ass but is out of the op's budget. If I were shopping in that range I would buy the bottlehead Eros at $700. In fact someone compared it to the vtph2 and it was only a whisker behind. I built the bottlehead Beepre and it is the best preamp I have ever heard with a few mods and some upgraded tubes. 

I think Sutherland makes really good ones around $1000 or less.  I have a PH3D and so far so good. I can't compare it to higher $$$ pre's because I have never owned one.

Tons of phono amps out there under a grand,,,and im no expert as I do digital most the time.Having said that I really like the new Jasmine 2.5du ,two piece unit,the build quality is fantastic.I upgraded the caps with Mundorf but into it for under $700 new.I liked it better than the Lehmann,Musical surroundings I tried.

For my money, the Sutherland at a kilobuck is hard to beat. The quietest background I have heard on a phono stage at or near this price. Very revealing and large soundstage with tube like sound, except it has more bottom end punch than tube phono stages.

Almost forgot the model I was talking about, the Sutherland Ph3d.