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Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp??

Hi, I have purchased and listened to 3 phono preamps which are: A musical surroundings phonomena, musical surroundings Nova II, and a Manley labs Chinook. The Manely labs Chinook is by far bettter sounding then the first two (double the cost too). But, All three have given me nothing but trouble (noise,noise,noise even terrible clipped signals!), and 2 of them basically failed on me. So before I go DIGITAL, can someone please tell me who makes a phono preamp in the $2,000-$3,000 range (tube or solid state) that I can rely on, and sounds as good or better than the Chinook?? Thanks.


Matt M                                             
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dragon_vibe
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Atma-Sphere new MP-1 MK3.3 with a built in Phono is said to be not only the one of the most musical but also the quietest.

John Wolff from Classic Audio uses them on a 101db Horn Speakers with no hiss or noise. I guess you can classify them as one of the quietest Phono-Pre-amp around.
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mattmiller OP
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OK, I hear what you guys are saying about using the cheater plugs. So, I removed them.... I surely had a ground problem, after I changed my plugs around I was able to kill the noise and no more popping!! I plugged everything into a cheap grounded power strip, except the sub and main amplifier (directly to wall outlet). I listened  last night and the system is sounding really incredible. I am very pleased now.  So to be clear I am now using only 2 wall outlets that are on the same wall behind the system and all grounds are plugged in. Thanks a lot everyone for the advice.


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russbutton
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The problem is you’re spending too much.

http://tubes4hifi.com/pre11.htm#PH14
rob2rc21
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My Parasound JC3+ is dead quiet.

For tube, I've heard (I do not own it) that the Quicksilver phono preamp is super quiet.

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rogerabbit
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The Wyetech Labs SS phono P1 is dead quiet at my setting of 72db gain

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