Which phonostage is a heavenly match for a XV-1S

Dear Cincy bob: Can you load the cartridge at 100 ohms through that MM stage?.

Thank you in advance.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Yes, Raul, the MM stage in the Steelhead offers the ability to load the phono inputs at any one of five settings: 25, 50, 100, 200 or 47k ohms.

Thanks for the responses. I would be grateful if those who recommend the the Einstein could indicate which phonostages they compared it to.
Thanks

Ecka,
THE BEST PHONO-STAGE (never mind heavenly :-) is one that is **INSIDE** a good line-stage.

No extra cables, connector plugs, different power supplies, doubled up gain-stages, etc.

That will make your pickings a lot easier in deed. And there are some you should consider.

If you want to do it RIGHT, I'd say consider going all the way.
Cheers,
Axel

Ecka, I have compared the Einstein phono stage with the Manley Steelhead, the Vendetta Research, and the phono stage that is built into the darTZeel full-function preamp. I also compared the Steelhead with the Lamm LP2 that I had previously owned as my reference phono stage prior to the Steelhead.