Vincent PHO 700 Phono Stage

If you want to smooth out the sound of your AT440MLA, upgrade to the AT150MLX. If you can't, you might try putting some putty or something on the plastic body to dampen it. Also, make sure the cartridge's total capacitance load--including tonearm cable--is between 100 and 200 pF. The AT440MLA and AT150MLX have a reputation for being picky about this, and I can attest to it regarding my AT150MLX.

Have not heard the 700 but I did post a 3 way review of the Vincent Pho 8 vs Jasmine LP 2 mkII vs the Pro-ject phono tube box here:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1349194602

The 700 uses the same power supply as the 8 and the one I got had a ground loop hum (the other 2 did not hum in my system). Not sure if it was defective or not.

Did anyone end up getting one? I was planning to pick up a PHO-8, but a 700 just became available locally. I'd love to hear thoughts if anyone has hands-on experience.

I read the reviews of this and based on what I read I think the Jolida JD9 would be much better bang for the buck! The Vincent does not have adjustable loading like the JD9 and it comes with a crappy chinese made 12AU7 tube. Although if the Vincent is easy to modify like the Jolida is than it could be a great performer.

Do some research on Vincent. Claim to be "German Engineered" but really is a front for a Chinese based audio company. I am surprised Audio Advisor sells their stuff.

A few years back there was a row about Vincent using counterfeit Burr Brown chips.