What world are you living in?
Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration
I would like to make change to Phono stage to address these issues, so looking for recommendations on a phono stage that has a bit more of a vintage coloration, body, warmth, slightly looser bass and low noise floor and retains good top end extension. I currently have the PS Audio Stellar phono on order for a home trial but every review I have read has praised it for its neutrality but what I really want is added coloration that I find pleasing. I guess I can try tube rolling the Adagio but I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of trying to find low microphonic NOS tubes. Finally I want to stay under $3K and I’m open to vintage phono preamps (but I don’t want to sacrifice dynamics and sound stage).
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Uh, the world where you have to find stuff in order to buy it? No? How about the world where 20 year old components sell for a fraction of what they cost new? Still no? How about the world where insulting smart alecks with nothing positive to contribute get cut off and ignored permanently? Sorry. That last one was not really a question. As you will now experience. Hope it was worth it to you. |
Good idea. But note the Decware SUT uses infinitely adjustable loading - on the fly - simply turn the knob. Not correct. With a SUT the loading is determined by the gain of the SUT and the phono input impedance. The highest load the Decaware SUT can provide is 470ohms from their 1:10 transformer, assuming a standard 47k phono input. The Paua requires 470-1000 ohms to find the optimum. SUT's also have phase issues but thats another story. |
@millercarbon Here is a listing here for a used EAR! They don’t sell for a few hundred bucks like you stated! EAR 834P | Tube | Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510 | Audiogon |
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