zombionicdoom
Established Member
Hi, for a bit of fun recently I bought a cheap valve phono pre-amp off Amazon just out of curiosity to see how it compared to my Rega phono mm. As I suspected the valve amp sounded more open with warmer bass, a better top end but it was pretty wafty and all over the place in the mid-range! Whilst the Rega sounds more compressed it draws out a lot more detail. I left the valve amp on the system to get the tubes a bit more run in and it’s been a lot of fun. Indeed when I popped the Rega back on recently whilst I liked the detail overall it just felt less fun.
So, my question to you good folks of the forum is this…do you have any recommendations for a decent valve based phono pre-amp? Probably looking at around £500 at the most realistically.
So, my question to you good folks of the forum is this…do you have any recommendations for a decent valve based phono pre-amp? Probably looking at around £500 at the most realistically.