Musical Surroundings Phenomenon II sounds great if you have clean power in your house and knocked spots of 2 other phono stages I tried that are mentioned above. Brought everything out of my Dynaudio/Classe/MMF9.1 Lyra Argo based system. Good cabling (level 4 Morrow was a great step up and good value) is critical when driving loud.
Looking for a Phono pre around 1K
Hey all,
My system,
VPI hw-19 mkIII, premier mmt arm, Ortofon bronze 2m, Yaqin 100b KT-88 push pull, Focal 1008be2
I've had :
Cambridge audio 640p that I modded (power supply, opamp sockets, )
Sound: ok , not much soundstage or detail
Yaqin ms23b tube.
Sound; more soundstage, better delineation of vocals and room ambience, still sounds a bit muffled/recessed.
I know those are on the inexpensive side, but after upgrading my speakers to the Focals. I'm hearing hints of things in the recordings that, I'm positive, with a better phono pre could be more fleshed out.
I listen to mainly rock/pop (Bowie, Stones, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Carly Simon, jazz)
If I could stay under 1K that would be great.
I'd like more definition, without losing the sweetness of tubes, I know I don't have any tube stages on there but…
I'd like the ability to use a MC cart as well 9I have a Denon 160)
My list so far:
Musical Fidelity - MX-VYNL Mm/Mc
Sutherland - Insight Phono Preamplifier
Musical Surroundings - Nova II
PS Audio Phono Converter (would be great to rip the records)
Any Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
thanks
My system,
VPI hw-19 mkIII, premier mmt arm, Ortofon bronze 2m, Yaqin 100b KT-88 push pull, Focal 1008be2
I've had :
Cambridge audio 640p that I modded (power supply, opamp sockets, )
Sound: ok , not much soundstage or detail
Yaqin ms23b tube.
Sound; more soundstage, better delineation of vocals and room ambience, still sounds a bit muffled/recessed.
I know those are on the inexpensive side, but after upgrading my speakers to the Focals. I'm hearing hints of things in the recordings that, I'm positive, with a better phono pre could be more fleshed out.
I listen to mainly rock/pop (Bowie, Stones, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Carly Simon, jazz)
If I could stay under 1K that would be great.
I'd like more definition, without losing the sweetness of tubes, I know I don't have any tube stages on there but…
I'd like the ability to use a MC cart as well 9I have a Denon 160)
My list so far:
Musical Fidelity - MX-VYNL Mm/Mc
Sutherland - Insight Phono Preamplifier
Musical Surroundings - Nova II
PS Audio Phono Converter (would be great to rip the records)
Any Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
thanks
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