Phonomena vs. AcousTech PH-1 phono pre amp?

I have heard good things about the Monolithic sound phono stage. Any comments?

Monolithic is about in the same league with the Black Cube. You also might check into the Trichord Dino, and Trichord Delphini. For tube units you could look into the Wright Sound, and the EAR 834.

Without trying to offend, you might even consider a good used tube preamp with phono stage. You can get one for about the same money as what you will spend on a good phono stage alone. Audible Illusions is a good value on the used market.

I have a Monolithic Sound PS-1. The advantage is that you can buy its plain vanilla version (like I did) and then add the outboard dual mono power supply. This, in turn, can be sent to MODWRIGHT for modification. Dan Wright uses two phono stages in his system: a Monolithic and an EAR 834. I think he prefers the EAR but then again, Dan is *heavily* into tubes. Comments from around say they're prety much similar, the Monolithic beign quieter.

I considered the Black Cube and the Phonomena, but my psychic powers told me to get the Monolithic...

This I know from a personal phone call: Greg Schug of Monolithic told me he is working on a hybrid phono stage better than the PS-1. It should then be killer, knowing what kind of products he throws out...