The measurements do no good if I can hear the noise from the listening position with the input shorted at 30% volume. All other inputs are extremely quiet.
Looking for a phonostage similar to stock one in RA180
I have a HiFi Rose RA180 integrated with the built-in phonostage. With the Transfiguration Phoenix MC cartridge I never heard a better phonostage in my system. The only drawback is - it is extremely noisy.
I tried a few from $1000 to $5000 and could not get that sound.
If anyone has the experience comparing the stock phonostage in RA180 with a separate one, an advice would be appreciated.
A step-up transformer would not help because the MM input is noisy too.