Pre-amp with great phonostage (tube)

The Rogue 66 is a good choice.The phono stage in mine is dead quiet.I have replaced the stock line tubes to JJ tesla.I have the stock tubes in the phono stage.I am hoping to audition a 99 soon.

You want a killer phono stage in your 99? Throw in some Telefunkens!! Sedond,sorry you werent happy with the 99.The 66 got a great review this month in Stereophile and the reviewer liked the bass alot.Cant figure out how you didnt get it through the 99.I have killer Bass with mine!! UU

hi david99, the input impedence my preamp sees is 25k-ohms; while rogue sez the output impedance of the rogue 99 is 100ohms, this is surely not the case. as a test i ran a 2.2k-ohm resistor across the rogue's outputs, & this *noticeably* reduced the volume coming out of the speakers. it would not surprise me if the actual output impedance of the rogue is 2500 ohms, or even higher. i tried this same test w/the cary in the system (~800 ohms rated output impedance), and there was absolutely *no* reduction in volume, when the output was crossed w/the 2.2k-ohm resistor. perhaps, w/the rogue seeing a higher input impedance of, say, 50k-ohms, or 100k-ohms, there would have been no loss of mid-bass in my system. impedance-matching *is* important! regards, doug

Mikey (Fremer) likes the Audible Illusions Modulus M3A. Oh, did I forget to mention that I have one for sale? (MM Phono would be good w/high output Grado. Sincerely, truman.

Sedond, how did someone as stupid as you appear to be, ever manage to find an excellent piece of gear(Cary SLP-98)? Must have been dumb luck. Oh by the way, I hope you like the Melos better because I heard they're out of business again!