Tube Preamp, uses 6sn7/6sl7. With or Without Phono; With or Without Remote Volume,

The MFA Luminescence (Lumi) preamp uses the 6SN7 and other octal tubes. The Lumi has been out of production since the last century so you'll have to buy used. Scott Frankland is the F in MFA and he runs a shop maintaining Lumis and will also update the Lumi with today's caps and other bits to make it Super Lumi. 

He can also modify the Lumi to take two moving coil inputs. 

If you feed your pre amp with the line out from the Lumi/Super Lumi you'll get 66 db of gain for low output cartridges like the Lyra Atlas SL (Sigma Lima).

The other cartridge is a Benz Gullwing in an ET 2 pump action arm in an Oracle VI. Feed it into a Super Lumi and you've got a world beater. Not that the Lyra is chopped liver but there's a synergistic magic to the Gullwing and the ET 2 arm.

Scott is a pro. audioeng@ix.netcom.com 

Cary Direct is having sales.

SP-98P New for #3,300.

Uses 6SN7’s. Includes MM Phono and External Power Supply.

with remote and factory warranty: 3 year parts and labor

https://carydirect.com/slp-98p.html

chowkwan

Thanks for all the info about that preamp. I'll pass it along to my friend. I suspect he will go for the Cary Direct deal on SP-98P, but you never know.

I use a Vintage SUT, 3 in/1 out

My Vintage McIntosh mx110z has two phono inputs

This old dog has 3 phono inputs

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295797797578?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=b44105b4-1a05-11ee-ace3-613566326432

Did not know that. Is it now standard on new units? Or optional?

@lewm Optional on both, no charge on the MP-3.