What is the Phono stage you have finished with?

Naim Superline with Dynavector XV-1s, powered by the 252 preamp. Not quite finished: there's a Supercap power supply to go.

I have owned an Ayre P5xe, and ASR Basis Exclusive. Thy're both great pieces at their price points (used). I am now using an Atma Sphere MP-1 MK III with phono and I'll tell you the preamp is awesome, but the phono stage is as good as anything I've owned prior.

Many thanks gentleman,

Looks like I have to wait a while, which is no hard ship... or sell the car!!

I am located in europe, and am now researching the Nagra, TW and the Aesthetix.

Happy listening, and thanks again.
James

I very much like my Aesthetix Rhea (already owned the matching Calypso linestage). The ultimate-couch potato phonostage, with remote control of load and gain, separately for up to three arms/cartridges, along with multiple balanced and single-ended outputs. It even offers remote controlled cartridge demagnetization. Good luck, Dave

Dopouge - do you have any issues with noise - ie tube rush.

I have had the rhea home twice and heard the IO and all units had(to me) noticible tube noise at loud levels. My cartridges are around .35 mv.

I would have luved the IO, however too noisy. the TW acustik phono OTOH also has pure tube gain, but not noisy. Better mids and highs than the IO, the IO was more dynamic and explosive in the bass thou.

cheers