Doge 8 or YS A2 or Jungson J2?

Gilles130, thanks for the info. I'd seen that link and will definitely implement their advice on tubes, but will not void the warranty in place through Pacific Valve attempting the hardwire fixes. Am I correct in assuming you were the reader Salvatore cited in his update on the Doge 8? I saw his mention of a reader using the Mazda valves and am wondering if it was you. I look forward to hearing the results when I get a chance to pick up some of those.

In fact if i remember the reader cited by Salvatore live in nederland.I don't want to void the warranty as i bought it in france to an importer as Pacidic Valve.
I prefer telefunken to mazda in the line, for the phono i have got good result with full music 12AX7 which are cheap on ebay or in France. They are not run in for the moment,read the review on Grant Fidelity in Calgary.The full music are equally totally silent on phono.I enjoy a lot this pre and following Salvatore advices i am now on a lenco project and he is true, the lenco is a fantastic deck for the price after some good tweaking and a big plinth.

Gilles130, sorry for confusing you with the other person. And thanks so much! Just read the review and Full Music seems like a great choice. And I'd much rather pay the Telefunken prices than the Mazda prices I'd seen. They seem rather expensive. I have yet to hear the Lenco but have read nothing but good things about it in virtually every forum I've seen. What arm/cartridge are you planning on using with it? You must be pretty handy to do the plinth yourself. As I have no skill in that department, I'll have to get help with that when the time comes to upgrade my analog gear. The Lenco certainly seems like a great contender. Even with the inflated prices at this time, it seems the cheapest possible entry into the idler wheel decks. Good luck! My next source upgrade is likely to be the digital front, and the Doge 6 is a contender given how much I'm enjoying the 8. I can't see spending much more than the Doge 6 price given the direction I'm moving, which is computer based digital source. But I'd like to have at least one nice CD player before upgrading my DAC and moving further in that direction. Analog will probably be a couple of years down the road, while I build up my vinyl collection again. I look forward to hearing how your Lenco project goes and will keep an eye out for any of your posts about the results.