Mordante,
I know it's been ten years since your initial post and that you probably don't own the La Musica integrated anymore but I thought it wouldn't hurt responding. I bought a La Musica integrated a little over a mth ago here in Orlando. The integrated was a two yr old model specially ordered to compete with the Kraftwerks which the owner also had but was looking for a simpler solution. The Kraftwerks has two power supplies. Anyways, the upgrades were SL modules and special capacitors I can't remember the names off the top of my head plus extra power supply capacitance. With that said, I think the phono section on my La Musica is pristine. I can only describe it as world class and I had several preamps and separate phono amps in the past but this one is the best so far. Again, it's been ten years and mine is modded to the gills by Ralf Gemein himself so take it with a grain of salt if you will.
I know it's been ten years since your initial post and that you probably don't own the La Musica integrated anymore but I thought it wouldn't hurt responding. I bought a La Musica integrated a little over a mth ago here in Orlando. The integrated was a two yr old model specially ordered to compete with the Kraftwerks which the owner also had but was looking for a simpler solution. The Kraftwerks has two power supplies. Anyways, the upgrades were SL modules and special capacitors I can't remember the names off the top of my head plus extra power supply capacitance. With that said, I think the phono section on my La Musica is pristine. I can only describe it as world class and I had several preamps and separate phono amps in the past but this one is the best so far. Again, it's been ten years and mine is modded to the gills by Ralf Gemein himself so take it with a grain of salt if you will.