Yes and yes. If fact, the circuit topology of the new phono pre is very similar to your Vivo amp. I built mono-block parallel 6550 versions of your Vivo amp and they are awesome. So if you are happy with the Vivo you will also be very happy with the new phono pre. I spent 9 hours yesterday listening to it. Kevin does plan to market it along with a new line stage based on the output stage of the new phono pre (6N6P run differential into LL1689AM line output transformer with cascode CCS tail and CCS feeding the B+). It also sounds awesome as I have modified my line stage with it. The bad news is the new phono pre will sell for north of 10K and the line stage for ~8K. In light of this I have to tip my hat to Kevin for the way he supports the DIY community. I could not afford any of this if I had to buy retail.
