Stand out phono stages

Another vote for the TRON Seven (www.tron-electric.co.uk). Built to order by the designer (Graham Tricker) himself - you can have it matched to your pickup. Great build quality and great sound. Jeff at Highwater Sound in NYC distributes in the US.

Precision Fidelity C/7A Revised.

Did I miss it or did someone leave Counterpoint off this list? The SA-9 is as hard to find as sasquatch. The phono section built into the SA-5.1 will simply smoke most of what is out there (not to mention the killer line stage).

In this day of line stages and phono stages being marketed as "all tube" or "pure tube" when in fact the only tubes they have are the ones in the line stage or phono stage, the Counterpoint SA-5.1 is the real deal. The SA-5.1 has not only a tube rectifier, but it also has extensive vacuum tube voltage regulation (a total of 4 tubes for the power supply). There is something about the sound of pure tube power supplies vice SS power supplies. Tube power supplies sound more alive and thus more real.

I hate to sound as if I am pounding the same old drum, but the Einstein phonostage is silly good and shows up on Audiogon used for a really low price. It comes with a varirty of loading resistors and can be improved by using HiFi Tuning fuses and the right power cord.

Hi all, Alas I have not much to offer regarding the comparitions but I am 'in'the ASR for more then 10 years. Ie before H.Pirson heard about ASR. I was much impressed by Banpukus (12.14.07) story even if my actual Basis Exclusive is the so called 'gold version'. What I can say
is about the the durability ,reliabilty and the ease of use of this phonopre. Two independent phono-pres actualy. In those 10 years I have had not an single problem with non of the different 'versions'. I own also the Emitter II
Exclusive ( and owned 2 earlier versions) and had never any problem with them. My nick -name for all those ASR's
is :'the German artillery'.
Regards,