I need help and phonostage suggestions

Peter,
I didn't want to take that pleasure away from you. Every forum topic about phono stages you always chime in, so I'm trying to play by the rules :-)

C'mon pbnaudio. Your gear is reviewed well. But your chiming in on every thread asking for a phono preamp rec is tiring.

What I don't see is your customers chiming in to recommend these phono preamps of yours or offering us useful descriptions or comparisons of their sound.

True it isn't easy to promote an audio product, but I think you need to find a way that works better than lurking on Audiogon for any thread like this.

And as for a productive rec, I highly recommend the Avid Pulsus. Really a great improvement over the SimAudio Moon 5.3LP that it replaced. Especially noticeable in the bass (more defined) and the highs (less bright and fatiguing, though not rolled off).

And perhaps my best advice is to audition before you buy or to buy from somewhere with a good return policy.

If you don't have an Avid dealer locally, Music Direct sells them and they have a great return policy.

That is one thing I will give pbnaudio. There is a 14 day return option. Also props to the Liberty for using FETs, while I am handing out praise. Though pbnaudio then gets points deducted for his "Accolades" section of his website making it seem that the praise was coming from 2 people, when in fact the quotes are from the same person (the reviewer is named and then a quote is given from the reviewer's online forum moniker). But hey sound is what matters, and it is a reviewer whose opinions i quite trust.

I would add the Fosgate Signature to the list (used or demo)

Peter: I would be more than happy to provide an experienced, vinylophile listener experience review of your phono stage if you can provide me with a sample unit for a two month period. The phono stages I have owned ans used in the past include Krell KPE reference, Audio Research 7, Mobile Fidelity x-Cans, Parasound p-100, Musical Surroundings Phenomina One, EAR 834p, Aesthetix Rhea and most recently Manley Chinook.
Let me know if you are interested and I will evaluate and provide a review appropriate for our Audiogon readers.