Curl or Pass

@dougthebiker wrote:

On another note, I’ve never heard of Herron or Tom Evans.  Where could I find some reviews of those?

Dougthebiker


Wow.  You're planning to spend a couple thousand dollars and you haven't even done any basic research into alternatives?  

Do a basic search on "Herron Audio" and "Herron Audio reviews" to get a little background.  Herron Phono stages are legend in the vinyl community.

Herron, Manley, Sutherland, PS Audio, Pathos Acoustics, Zestos Audio, Gold Note, 

I am a MI guy and love my Icon Audio PS2 pure tube phono section. 

I would also recommend Herron, occasionally come up used around your budget. Check with Herron dealers; they may offer a discount on new units.

I like both, but IMHO neither attains the level of Curl's older Vendetta design (I don't believe that the parts are available to replicate those, although a variant was used in the CTC Blowtorch preamp.