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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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...
bowbow Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 123 posts 01-24-2006 at 08:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Blue Circle BC27 $595.
tonyptony OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 617 posts 01-25-2006 at 12:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Riffer, what was about the Trigon that got you to keep it? What player, arm, cart do you use it with?
riffer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 01-25-2006 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Trigon is clear, Dynamic. VPI Aries Scout, VPI JWM9, Dynavector 20XH & Benz L2

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