Best budget phono preamp?

Title kind of speaks for itself. SS stongly preferred. Needs to be able to handle either a MM or high output MC. Something that would work well with an AR ES1.

tonyptony01-24-2006 1:59am

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jaybo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,478 posts 01-24-2006 at 12:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the grado
bucketjr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 17 posts 01-24-2006 at 12:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete K&K Audio, kit version of Art Audio vinyl reference
jdcrox Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 119 posts 01-24-2006 at 04:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Channel Island Audio VPP-1 is a nice little pre that is in your budget range.
riffer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 01-24-2006 at 06:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Trigon Vanguard II - $495 Solid state. Lots of gain and loading options to "dial in" your cartridge. I don't have the Volcano II power supply (another $495) and mine still has an extremely low noise floor. Tried Grado, Monolithic Sound, Rogue, and a few others and this is the one I kept.
sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 01-24-2006 at 08:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Radio Shack battery powered $25 the "Little Rat" phono preamp. Buy two and use them as separate dual-mono premaps...

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