What is the best phono preamp you have heard?

For the money, the Linn Uphorik MM/MC phone pre-amp.

It's extremely flexible & quiet and I'm using one in a non-Linn system with the EMT TSD15 SFL MC cart mounted on a Brinkmann Bardo / Origin Live Encounter anal;og setup.

I agree with Fremer, the BMC MCCI ($3890) is the best at any price. You ought to hear it with the HFC power cords.

Tbg, 5-15-14: "The Robert Koda K 10 is now the best I have ever heard"

Tbg, 5-16-14: "I agree with Fremer, the BMC MCCI ($3890) is the best at any price"

Ok, so in one day the "best" got bested. And I need to pay $13k for a power cord to truly appreciate this phono stage? Now that's pretty sad.

Jafox, the Koda is a line stage and the MCCI is a phono stage. I have always thought the BMC MCCI was their best piece. It may have been a coincidence that the Koda blosomed just when I put the HFC URR on it, but I'm not taking it off to check this out.

Based on the quote below from Michael Fremer's review of the BMC MCCI he does not think it is the best, and it is not compatible with some MC cartridges.

"I'm not suggesting the MCCI is in the same league as the Ypsilon VPS-100, Boulder 2008, or other top phono preamplifiers that I've heard. It skimps somewhat on instrumental textures and timbres; and the bass, while very well extended, doesn't exhibit the control and stability those manage."