Phono preamp evolution

Well here you go:

1993 Creek OBH 8 (MM)
1998 Rega Mira (MM phono board in integrated)
2000 Trichord Dino (MM & MC)
2006 Wright WPP200C, Lundahl 9206 step-up, Denon AU300LC step-up

And so that you can correlate this with the different turntables:
Turntable thread

Enjoy!

Rene

It's not too evolutionary at this point but here it is...

1. Marantz amp's internal phono preamp
2. Mistral phono preamp (which I still own)
3. Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamp

Each separate preamp transformed the system...

I'll bite. When I was 10 or 12, my parents got for my sister and me a set of bookshelf speakers (think they were KEFs) and an all-in-one set-up (you know, receiver with turntable embedded in the top), can't remember who is was made by but the phono stage was in there...

Then within a year we upgraded to "separates" (separate receiver and TT) where the phono stage was a Yamaha receiver (CR-240 if I remember correctly). TT was a Dual, 1225 if I remember correctly. Cheap Ortofon MM cart - couldn't remember if I tried.

Then I got a larger NAD receiver when I went off to college to go with the cheap Yamaha CD player, more expensive Nakamichi cassette deck, and yet another Dual (either a 1228 or 1229?). Same story on the cart though it may have cost me somewhere in the range of $50-70 (mid '80s dollars).

Fast forward 20 years or so and I have just plunged back into vinyl. Phono stage is a ZYX Artisan and I am pleased as punch with it.