Are You Happy With Your Phono Preamp?

While researching phono stages looking for the best price/performance, on another’s  post, “PS Audio Stellar Phono (buy audio magic ultimate beeswax shd fuse $225- big improvements)”

A lot of buzz about those fuses. 😎

The old ARC PH2 i was using for a couple of decades was pretty good.
I only really upgraded as I wanted loading options and more gain to run a MC.

Dear @chilli42  : as  ​​​​​​@wolfie62  posted:

" Nothing wrong with the PS Audio Stellar phono pre. "

I think that after so many posts only the one for him really makes sense.

Almost all the other gentlemans rthat gave you their advises are in realuity tube lovers and even that they think they are in reality rthey are not true MUSIC lovers but hardware lovers and along that I think that almost all of them not even listen once in their life your really good PS phono stage that's way superior to any of those tube units they " die for ".

No matters what you need to stay away of tubes if you want to be nearer and truer to the recording, your Stellar is a very good system step/link about. You can try to follow in that direction, you can't go wrong. Audio/MUSIC knowledge levels is way more important that those tube electronics that always but today are all way wrong.

I'm not against any of those tube gentlemans owners and I respect all of them, mine is only an opinion just like their opinions.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

I had a ARC PH3SE, nice but gain is high for MM and low for LOMC.  I got a Zesto Andros 1.2, loved it.  Loved it so much I got an Andros Deluxe II.  Dead quiet, great sound and not tubey sounding.  I also have a Zesto Bia 120 power amp so I do like their build and sound.

Gold Note PH10 and PSU10. Very happy.

+1 @z32kerber