Phono Preamplifiers

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Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 17, 2023  |  0 comments
It’s unlikely you’ll find a larger or more sturdily built phono stage under £1,000, but does big always mean better?
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jul 21, 2022  |  0 comments
Introducing a phono preamp that’s high on quality and low on price
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Mar 11, 2021  |  0 comments
It’s been a while since the digital maestro released a phono stage, but it’s certainly well worth the wait
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Apr 03, 2020  |  0 comments
Joining Lindemann’s compact series, the Bridge is a network player with some useful extra capabilities
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jan 20, 2020  |  0 comments
As a cut-down version of Parasound’s flagship phono preamp, the Halo JC3 Jr. is a flexible option
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Dec 16, 2019  |  0 comments
Can this bold phono stage challenge Cyrus’ Phono Signature for the best sound at the price?
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Nov 18, 2019  |  0 comments
The more affordable of Pro-Ject’s range of MM/MC phono stages is taken for a spin
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Aug 22, 2019  |  0 comments
Looking to fit an MC cart to an MM phono stage? This step-up amp could hold the answer
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 26, 2019  |  0 comments
The long-running Triton phono stage gets a welcome update
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 14, 2019  |  0 comments
Introducing the latest addition to Rega's Reference Series
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Dec 12, 2018  |  0 comments
Although not known for my soldering iron skills, I’ve dabbled in DIY – especially in my earlier years of hi-fi addiction. Before I became a scribe, I managed to destroy a number of perfectly good components by ‘modifying’ them. I now know that whatever my talents may be, they don’t extent to re-engineering consumer electronic devices. Yet it was a fascinating learning curve, even if my greatest lesson was to stop messing around.
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Nov 23, 2018  |  0 comments
Bavaria-based Lindemann is perhaps best known as a purveyor of audio products aimed at the high-end hi-fi sector, but to mark its 25 years in business the company has launched a series of more affordable components. The Limetree range uses the same 120 x 120mm form factor and the moving-magnet and moving-coil phono stage is the first to be released in the UK through distributor Elite Audio. We’re told that a USB DAC, headphone amplifier and streamer components will follow in due course.
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Sep 11, 2018  |  0 comments
Committed to vinyl replay long before the current popularity of the medium, Creek Audio’s OBH range of phono stages has been around for 25 years. The OBH-8mk2 is the latest iteration of the design and is the entry-level model in the range, sitting just below the long-running £300 OBH-15mk2 (HFC 407). The OBH-8mk2 is a straightforward moving-magnet phono stage with fixed loading and no user adjustments. The new design uses an integrated circuit for the gain stage powered by a 24V supply, which is something that has been present on OBH designs since their inception.
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 05, 2015  |  0 comments
Getting a valve phono stage to work well is no easy task when you bear in mind that on the quieter parts of a record, the output from a moving coil cartridge may only be about a millionth of a volt. This needs to be amplified up to a standard line-level output of around 1. 2Vrms, so for a start the whole circuit and power supply needs to be as quiet as a mouse. Then the stage itself also has to be first rate and stable under all operating conditions.
Ed Selley  |  Jan 09, 2012  |  0 comments
Royal performance Creek has upped the ante with its first no compromise phono stage, Jason Kennedy puts the new Wyndsor through its paces Creek introduced the Wyndsor name with its fi rst turntable in 2010 (HFC 302) and now it has a phono stage to match. This is a two-box design with exemplary casework and a front panel interface that allows you to confi gure preset parameters for several different cartridges and have it remember each by name. This will be a boon to anyone who regularly changes cartridge and needs to set specifi c gain, impedance and capacitance for each. Another feature that we are beginning to see on a growing number of phono stages is balanced inputs, albeit not in conventional form.

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