What is the Phono stage you have finished with?

Dopouge - do you have any issues with noise - ie tube rush.

I have had the rhea home twice and heard the IO and all units had(to me) noticible tube noise at loud levels. My cartridges are around .35 mv.

I would have luved the IO, however too noisy. the TW acustik phono OTOH also has pure tube gain, but not noisy. Better mids and highs than the IO, the IO was more dynamic and explosive in the bass thou.

cheers

I did own or listen in my - or friends- system various Phonostages (Aesthetix Rhea, Boulder, FM Acoustics 222, Klyne 6/7, Kondo M7/SFz, Linn, Nagra VPS, Pass Xono, Tron 7, TW and some others) i bought a Lamm LP2 and that's it.
I think, the Phono stage is the most important unit in an analogue System. Good luck.

Sutherland Hubble

I have the Audio Research PH3 and really like this unit.

ASR Basis Exclusive...at least until I can audition it against the Boulder!