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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 OP
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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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chakster
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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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Chakster.

Yes now I remember you saying you did this.
Can you say was big upgrade over running standard mains AC though?

While $800 approx is better than $1100 a very good lps can likely be had for $300 to $400 IF could figure out the connection and voltage/ampage etc.
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Best euro price I could find was €799.90 so by time added shipping and rate change not a massive saving for what would now amount to a "grey import".


rsf507
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I bought the ps for $875 plus shipping and PP fees from sounds of silence. Still expensive for a power supply upgrade but wanted the matching unit. 
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