I do'nt have the maxxed out K&k, but the unit available when I purchased from Kevin 3 years ago. I can highly recommend it. It followed a number of stages I had purchased and found unsatisfactory and I subsequently had a phono stage shoot out at my home.
The stages, including the shootout included:
Clearaudio reference
Tom Evans microgroove +
Whest 20
Trichord Diabolo
NVA
Graaf
I found the K&K significantly better than all of these. There has been discussion on other threads, about how close the K&K and Vinyl Reference are. The circuit design is similar, not the same and the tube compliment, different, of course.
The K&K is excellent value and I certainly have no plans to change it. It is also, of course, less than half the price, unless that has changed recently.
The stages, including the shootout included:
Clearaudio reference
Tom Evans microgroove +
Whest 20
Trichord Diabolo
NVA
Graaf
I found the K&K significantly better than all of these. There has been discussion on other threads, about how close the K&K and Vinyl Reference are. The circuit design is similar, not the same and the tube compliment, different, of course.
The K&K is excellent value and I certainly have no plans to change it. It is also, of course, less than half the price, unless that has changed recently.