Attention K&K phono pre owners:

Thank you, John. Do you mean to say that the Maxx'd Out uses a transformer on the input side? I was not aware of that, and it is not obvious from the photos on the website. So is this new transformer upgrade employed at the input? I thought you were talking about an upgrade for the built-in SUT in the MC output stage.

It uses a transformer for the MC input, the MM does not and as a consequence is single ended. I just assumed (my bad) that someone buying a maxed out kit would be using a MC. If you want balanced inputs with the MM input stay tuned in. You never know what might be coming down the pike in future months.

I just got the mods in my unit and so far everything is sounding excellent.

Maineiac

Great News!,glad to hear, I too being a Maxxed-out owner cannot believe this phonostage can get any better.In what ways has this outstanding unit been improved upon?

Mine was scheduled to be upgraded last month but Kevin told me to wait on a few parts namely the new backing plate to accommodate a few modifications I'd like to add. So until that time I have to take your word for it.Please tell

braab

I should reserve a lot of commentary until I have had at least a couple of weeks with the "new" unit but on first impressions here goes. The first thing I noticed on the very first song that the needle was in the groove for was that the bass was more pronounced, nice deep bass. I listened to a few albums I know quite well and everything had more meat on the bone so to speak. On the upper end, there certainly is better imaging with cymbals and bells jumping out of the sound picture amazingly at times.

I have had the parts for quite a while but just got around to having them put in now. I wish now that I had not waited like I did. Kevin is a master, making a great sounding phono stage to begin with and now getting it to sound even better.