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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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@uberwaltz 

I have not tried any MM with PH-10, no time for this yet as i bought this phono stage primary for LOMC cartridges. It's amazing that both independent inputs can be used as MC inputs. 

But i will definitely try my vintage MM with this stage later on. 

@rsf507  Yes, i think i need that PSU too, til the end of this year, but i hope to read more comments about that PSU 
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I think the $1100 list here in the USA has likely put a few people off upgrading to the psu.

 I have an original Grace F9e that I need to get round to trying someday.
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If anyone gets to hear the PSU10 please post impressions. Yes seems a bit steep in price but may just be worth it if it gives a good sonic improvement

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A member I know got a great deal on a lightly used ph10 and psu10 together.
They had owned just the ph10 previously so had some baseline to compare.
Their thoughts were it helped a little but might not be worth an $1100 purchase as an upgrade.

My thoughts are that if you could find the right connector you could likely buy a LPS for a lot less money but research would need to be done first, connector, voltage, amps etc.
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@uberwalts If you’re not in EU you can buy it from Italy (like i did), the brand new Gold Note Power Supply for PH-10 phono stage cost just 700 Euro ($781) including shipping overseas. This is nowhere near $1100.

This is an amazing upgrade for PH-10 and $781 is fair price for such top quality power supply.

The actual price without shipping is 630 Euro = $700

It is not necessary to pay $400 more to your US distributor if you need Gold Note power supply.

.. and you don't have import tax in the USA for custom value like this, right ? 




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