I own both Gold Note PH-10 with PSU-10 and JLTi mk4.
Gold Note is good, but JLTi is better. The trade off is just one input and not fancy design.
For MM/MI the JLTi is much better because the manufacturer can make special mod (by request) to allow users load their MM at 100k Ohm.
Something interesting about JLTi emailed to me once by the manufacturer:
“Have you noted there is a movement towards 'current mode'phono stages for MC cartridges? These are really only suitable for MC cartridges as they
convert the higher current of MC and this only works for low impedance cartridges. The JLTi Phono also uses 'current mode' but in a different way. Again, trying not to be too technical, it is a transconductance circuit where even the RIAA EQ takes place via current being dumped into the EQ components and from here forms the voltage that we finally end up listening to after it has been buffered and converted to low output impedance of the phono.”
Gold Note is good, but JLTi is better. The trade off is just one input and not fancy design.
For MM/MI the JLTi is much better because the manufacturer can make special mod (by request) to allow users load their MM at 100k Ohm.
Something interesting about JLTi emailed to me once by the manufacturer:
“Have you noted there is a movement towards 'current mode'phono stages for MC cartridges? These are really only suitable for MC cartridges as they
convert the higher current of MC and this only works for low impedance cartridges. The JLTi Phono also uses 'current mode' but in a different way. Again, trying not to be too technical, it is a transconductance circuit where even the RIAA EQ takes place via current being dumped into the EQ components and from here forms the voltage that we finally end up listening to after it has been buffered and converted to low output impedance of the phono.”