2. analog
  3. 1148594949

What phono preamps are balanced

Since I am looking for a phono preamp with balanced circuitry and outputs, I would like to know what are my choices. I know of these: pass xono, ear 324, aesthetix rhea and io, bat vk 10, hagerman trumpet,........................................................................................................ but am not sure of the others like: manley steelhead, arc ref., tom evans groove, asr basis, acoustech ph1p, linn linto, cary 301 or 302, clear audio, herron vtph-1, art audio, whest p.20, zyx, artemis, ayre, clearaudio reference, rowland cadence, klyne, etc etc.Thanks for the help.
pedrillo
pedrillo OP
560 posts
 
Which of these would come on top? Within a certain price point it appears after some reading the forums that the Einstein is hard to beat, does it better the rhea, Asr, Hagerman or any of the above costing less than this group.
john_tracy
341 posts
 
Sonas Veritas Venice - Kevin Carter of K&K Audio's latest effort at "State of the Art". Fully balanced differential circuitry input to output.
hevac1
812 posts
 
Boulder 2008 & 1008 both are balanced in and out. I have listened to the 2008 and it is the best I have heard. Out of my price range though for now.
raylinds
24 posts
 
You have the BAT VK-P10, but the VK-P5 is also balanced.
pedrillo OP
560 posts
 
Here is a list of all the balanced phono stages which have balanced circuitry not just the xlr connectors and/or transformer coupling that I have found, please feel free to add others or make corrections:
Aesthetix io (tube)
Aesthetix Rhea (tube)
Aqvox 2ci (ss)
Arc ph2 (ss)
Arc ref2 (tube)
Asr Basis exclusive (ss)
Atma-sphere mp1 (tube)
Atma-sphere mp3 (tube)
Ayre p-5x (ss)
Bat VK-P10 (tube)
Bat vk-5 (tube)
Clearaudio Balanced Reference (?)
Ear 324 (ss)
Einstein tt choice (ss)
Essential 3160 (ss)
hagerman trumpet (tube)
Jeff Rowland Cadence (ss)
Pass Xono (ss)
PS Audio gcph (ss)
Simaudio lp5.3 (ss)
Whest ps.30r (ss)
Whest ps.30rdt (ss)
More to discover