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One thing that concerns me about valve phono stages is how much they colour the sound. The 12AX tubes are all noticeably different in character in guitar amps but I guess they are fairly linear in phono stages if you're not overdriving them.
At the same time it's all synergy and if you find a stage that works well with the cart and table then that's the right fit for your system. I'm pretty sure I need to work out the cart loading on my diy phono stage with the AT95, an extra 100pf should work.
Airhead
Most of it was done before I bought it and I got a pretty good deal, so I wouldn’t lose much at all.
I have been offered the Sony back if I want it - I am really tempted as I don’t think the techie is three times as good.
What is amazing is this Tron Convergence phono stage. A real class above.