Experiences on Tom Evans phono stage ?

i have the evans groove + phono stage, along with his amps and pre amp. They are anything but average. do your research and listen to some of his stuff if you can. hearsay and consensus is not a good way to make a decision. btw, i found the opinions in hi-fi+ and 6moons quite accurate.

The reviews of Tom Evans products seems to be consistently very good to excellent. Although I have never heard their products, i would be curious how they sound.

I had the Groove for 3 years. It is a superb phonostage. It is extremely tranparent and has an immediacy that very few other phonostages can match (try to have the impedance set pretty low - nowhere near 10k. I had mine set around 300). I ultimately switched to the Manley Steelhead, which had a fuller sound, but nowhere near the immediacy. I hear the Groove Plus had a fuller sound. You should at least take a listen to one.

I changed from the Audio Research PH3SE to the Tom Evans Groove about 3 years ago and have enjoyed it ever since. They usually go for under $2000 used. It is slightly on the dark side in terms of air, but the wonderful silent jet black background allows all the small nuances in the music to come forth and be noticed - this along with effortless bass production made listening to my music much more enjoyable. Otherwise you can go for a Manley Steelhead version 1 if you have $3000 to spend. I have never listened to the Manley yet.