@tablejockey wrote:
" Have you considered a tube stage? Something like this will put your table/cart on the next level of "real" which only the BEST $$$ SS units can match. "
I think you have it backwards. S/S phono stages are infinitely cheaper than tubed ones (for the same level of performance).
Tubes, by design, are inherently noisy, so to build a quiet tubed phono stage does not come cheap.
The Allnic H1201 (that you link to) proves my point. New, it is $3,500. It is a very good phono stage, but a Blue Circle BC707 S/S phono stage can be found used for under $2,000, and will match the Allnic H1201 in performance.
Now, you may prefer the sonic signature of the Allnic over the Blue Circle, but in terms of the amount of detail revealed, they will be identical.
" Have you considered a tube stage? Something like this will put your table/cart on the next level of "real" which only the BEST $$$ SS units can match. "
I think you have it backwards. S/S phono stages are infinitely cheaper than tubed ones (for the same level of performance).
Tubes, by design, are inherently noisy, so to build a quiet tubed phono stage does not come cheap.
The Allnic H1201 (that you link to) proves my point. New, it is $3,500. It is a very good phono stage, but a Blue Circle BC707 S/S phono stage can be found used for under $2,000, and will match the Allnic H1201 in performance.
Now, you may prefer the sonic signature of the Allnic over the Blue Circle, but in terms of the amount of detail revealed, they will be identical.