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Ugraditus is calling....again. Phono stage?

There is likely nothing wrong at all with present phono stage but you know how it is.

Present analog front end consists of.

Nottingham Analog Spacedeck with Spacearm.
Shelter 501 mk3 cartridge with maybe 250 hours on it, regularly treated with Lyra.
Dynavector P75 mk3 phono stage.
Feeds into Lyngdorf 2170 via Nordost Red Dawn RCA cables.

My thoughts were that possibly the Dynavector is the weakest link and would pay most dividend on an upgrade but.....

What do I perceive I am lacking right now?
Really hard to say as this is highest quality analog front end ever owned.
Possibly lacking a little in sheer scale and dynamics? Bass is very very good, instruments are well separated and defined.
Just as an overall presentation I feel it lacks that final wow factor as a whole.
Not sure if that makes any sense?
Please comment honestly especially if you feel it is another area that may reap larger benefits. Or if should just leave well alone....lol.

Oh btw I am fairly sure it is setup correctly in regards to vta etc, at least to the best of my abilities right now. And yes setting it up correctly from initial purchase did make considerable gains in sq.
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@slaw

Yea that’s possible...lol
Sorry for any confusion there but I did get very valuable information from Keith for sure.

Invictus.

My understanding from minds much more versed in the subject than myself is that a mismatch from a too low ratio will result in diminished Sonics, bass, dynamics etc. Obviously then not an upgrade at all!
Better to buy correctly the first time if at all possible, hence my reasons for starting a thread to get as much information as possible.
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Have a few hours on it now and this is where I am right now.

Decided I prefer the sq via the single ended inputs but that might be the Nordost ic? On xlr I have a pair of wireworld silver starlight.

Back to riaa curve with -0.3db gain and loading of 100ohm.

Sure is nice to be able to flip though all the different settings at will within seconds.
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Robelvick.

Played quite a bit of vinyl yesterday and right now ended up on exactly the same settings you have...lol.
What is your cartridge and tt?
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Uberwaltz,

Technics SL1210GR and Ortofon Kontrapunkt B (SoundSmith Boron Cantilever & Nude Line Contact stylus)
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My money-is-no-object audiophile friend advised me - when I was shopping for a decent MC phonostage - that a tube unit would probably be noisy.

Then a Benz-Micro Lukaschek PP-1 came up on a Canuck audio site, and he said "Get it!!!". I did, and I am very happy.

But I haven't heard many MC phonostages, definitely less than a dozen.

But I recommend the Benz.
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