Phono stages: Hagerman and Sun Valley 1616 possible giant killers

I highly recommend deHavilland

My friend bought two deHavilland tube pieces, brought them here, he is very familiar with my equipment/system sound. We love both of them here and at his house playing thru my old JSE Infinite Slope Model II's.

he ordered and waited for this Preamp

http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/UltraVerve-Preamplifier.htm

he found and bought a vintage dehavilland Cornet2 Tube Phono. The current tube phono is different, his had a rectifier tube, the current one does not.

I would expect it and other of her products to sound terrific.

@elliottbnewcombjr 

dehavilland doesn’t even mention a phono preamp on their website.

I don't think that Kara ever designed a phono stage called the Coronet 2 (she is within driving distance of me). I believe that is a Hagerman phono preamp.

No experience with the Trumpet.

I have built a Bugle and Cornet.

I fully expect the Trumpet to compete with next level phono stages.

If you are not set on tubes, check out Darlington Labs.

Two things:

I am pretty sure Kara DeHavilland is happily retired and that she did not make a straight phono stage (unfortunately ).

Are the Darlington Labs phono stages "tubey" or warm sounding?