Channel D Lino C vs. Sutherland Little Loco

Sorry about the confusing comment about the Rada and tube gain as that is voltage.  At times I get typing faster than the coffee has entered my head.  Yes, I get up late.  

I really like the Hagerman Trumpet too.  That is very inexpensive.  The Lino is much more quiet.

I actually look at the Rada Solypsa has for sale and consider getting it because its so good and very undervalued at the price he is offering.  I would then try and wrap the entire interior in copper plate to block RF induced hum.  I sort of doubt that would work.   But I don't know. 

I had bad hum with a SUT I bought to use with a Denon 103R.  I wrapped the cable in 2 layers of mylar and drained one end with dead soft silver.  That shut 90 plus percent of the noise out.  But RF is tricky.  It could enter anywhere and its up to the power supply to deal with it.  Or so people like Rob tell me. 

Rada a different sound from the Lino. I think the Loco was much closer in vinyl reproduced sound to the Lino than the Rada.  

@ledoux1238 , have patience. You definitely want to upgrade to the 3.3 when available. @kingrex, I have a very recent Seta L plus with current mode. If you want a little more floweriness in your sound try a My Sonic lab Signature cartridge. The gold is a little more flowery than the Platinum. Both are extremely low impedance and are perfect matches to the Lino. 

I use a Aidas Durawood mostly.  And I recognize a to good a deal.  I just bough the Rada.  I would like to spend a little more time dialing in my vinyl.  I sort of like to handle the media.  And I like the music to end after 20 minutes. 

Call me a flip flopper.  I'm sticking with just the lino 3.3.  It works flawless.  Its very quiet.  Its very musical.  It's all I need to have very good vinyl.

I really appreciate what transimpedance does for an optimal LOMC pickup.

I’ve been using one version or another of the Loco for probably close to 5 years.

For all my friends who’s systems demand a true balanced signal, I always recommend Channel D with zero regrets.

For those with a killer Tube based MM (simple) phono preamp there’s always the Sutherland SUTz transimpedance head-amp 🤩