Phonostage Recommendations for my PS Audio + Thiel setup
I've been quite happy with a Gold Note PH10 at half the budge your looking at. I've heard it up against some very good and more expensive phono stages and it was not behind either of them. here is the thread from here. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-night-with-three-phono-stages-allnic-1202-ank-and-goldnote-... |
@cal3713 "Did the PSA phonostages ever make it out to the dealer network? If so, the dealers are all liquidating their PSA stock over the next month. I was getting very good deals (~60% of retail) from https://www.highperformancestereo.com/ before the liquidation, and suspect they’re selling stuff even cheaper now that The Purge is happening." Man I would be all over a P15 if I could get it for 60% off. I called high performance as you suggested and lowest they would go was about 40% off. Im surprised to hear you find new gear at 60% off. I would’ve thought 50% would be the lowest they could go as that would be what I assume PS Audio charges them. A P15 is $7500 MSRP and $4700 is what they quoted me, which is a few hundred dollars over 40% off. Did you have to press them or ask them for the 60% off? Any tips on how I can get that? Thanks Oh I forgot to mention. I ordered the PS Audio Stellar phono for an in home demo. I want to find a few more to demo as well. I was researching the PS Audio Stellar and watching the designer talk about the phonostage. As he was talking they cut to some "B Roll" of him digging through vinyl in a store and he pulled out a John Prine record. As silly as this sounds, I am a huge John Prine fan and seeing that designer pick up a John Prine album made me think maybe we share similar taste. So I figured I would give it a go. |
