I've heard the 868 with phono. What it gives you is involvement, clear presentation of the artist and good tonal balance. Surprisingly for a tube, it has a fast transient and good dynamics. The it's a transformer coupled circuit. The phono section is very flexible using 4, 6, 40 ohms loading that will mate with various cartridges.
EAR 868 vs VTL 5.5 II
Hi there ! i am inclined to purchase the ear 868 preamp w phonostage at $7k which i tried w my set up and i am just wandering if anyone have compared the VTL 5.5 II w phonostage against ear 868 w phono.
Any comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated.
My Set up are
Turntable : Michell ORBE/SME V arm / Ortofon Cadenza Black
Speaker : Anthony Gallo 3.1
Pre Amp : VTL 5.5 series 1 w/out phono - im using DIY
phono preamp ( fair enough but not very good )
Amp : Musical Fidelity 550k supercharger as main amp
Wires : Acoustic Zen Satori - spkr cables
Acoustic Zen Krakatoa - Power chords
XLO Signature - Interconnect
Van Del Hul - SME V built in Tonearm Cable
Thanks.
Any comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated.
My Set up are
Turntable : Michell ORBE/SME V arm / Ortofon Cadenza Black
Speaker : Anthony Gallo 3.1
Pre Amp : VTL 5.5 series 1 w/out phono - im using DIY
phono preamp ( fair enough but not very good )
Amp : Musical Fidelity 550k supercharger as main amp
Wires : Acoustic Zen Satori - spkr cables
Acoustic Zen Krakatoa - Power chords
XLO Signature - Interconnect
Van Del Hul - SME V built in Tonearm Cable
Thanks.
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