men- A friend is looking for a good integrated amp to mate with his ruthlessly revealing (his desciption) Paradigm studio/ 100 for vinyl consumption. He is obviously looking for something warm and foregiving. thanks. mike
There isn't one! Certainly not with a phono stage included. MAYBE, you could find a SF Anthem (not sure about phono) used for under $1k, and this is still a hybrid. The Jolida has limited inputs and no phono.
Warm and forgiving sounds like a Jolida 302B to me. The amp sounds GREAT with EL34 tubes(that is when you replace them with JJ or Svetlanas), and a nice power cord. Then, pick up an external phono stage(Musical Fidelity, NAD, or better). If both are obtained used, $1000 is no problem.
The Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono stage is on sale at Audio Advisor for $199.95 new. It is an updated version of the X-LP that was well reviewed. I would hope that it is at least as good.
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