FWIW, I have three tube phone stages, an Aural Thrills Audio Serenade rated at 60db of gain, an Allnic HE1500se II rated @ 66db of gain and a Wall Audio Opus 120 rated @ 70db of gain and in the same system with no changes other than the phone stages the system plays louder at the same settings in the opposite order as you would think from the output rating by the manufacturers. No way I can explain that, will leave that for those that can, but there seems to be more at play here than that rating in output db by the builders. Enjoy the music
Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge?
I am looking for a quality phono stage with at least 72db of gain. During this last year I obtained a Canary MC10 which sounds beautiful but I am somewhat volume limited and listen at such high volume control settings that tube rush has become an issue. At 69.5db of gain I hoped that the Canary would work out but...
Most of the popular stages like the Herron and the Manlely Steelhead seem to run in the 66-70db gain range. Reviewers seem to routinely report on these phono stages using cartridges with low outputs but that runs contrary to my experience so far. Any suggestions appreciated.
Bill
Most of the popular stages like the Herron and the Manlely Steelhead seem to run in the 66-70db gain range. Reviewers seem to routinely report on these phono stages using cartridges with low outputs but that runs contrary to my experience so far. Any suggestions appreciated.
Bill
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