What's the best Phono preamp under $1000??

new marchand tube phono stage. i own it. it uses 12 volt tubes--either 12ax7, 12at7, 12au7 or 12ay7.

Thanks Viper_z - cool pics.

I spoke to Gary earlier today about possibility of building phonostage for my specific requirements. He gladly agreed.....you must admire his willingness to take the extra mile to satisfy his customers and progressive approach to develope new exciting products.

As you know, my main concerns were the limited gain of stock Dodd phonostage and ability to handle my Denon 103r and Ortofon MC2000MK II cartridges without the need of third party step-up transformers.

Due to limited space inside the phonostage there is possibility that custom up-T will have to be enclosed in seperate box. It will still be powered by the same batteries that are the phonostage's main power supply.....Cool.

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P.S

I know Gary will hate me for this but hey.......

Those that were thinking about Dodd battery powered linestage that was on special for limited time for $2495 from original $3300........Hurry.
That special ended a month and a half ago. Underwood got few last pieces and Gary has to honor that special price due to slow upgrade and redesign of his new website.....it won't less forever .....so act fast.

Cheers

lasts not less. Due to latest shake-down by Grammar Police correction must be made. :)

Hard to respond since it's always a question of synergy. I just bought a Jasmine LP2.0MKII.

Not perfect, but it's quite an animal. I compared it to a Creek OBH-15 I had before. More details can be found on my music blog here:

http://gcharbonneaumusic.wordpress.com/

Cheers,

Jasmine LP2.0SE/MK 2 is surly a contender.