Also called a phono stage, this component is essential for the playback of vinyl records. It raises your turntable's audio output to make it compatible with line-level amplifiers and delivers a sound ...

Most recently, my preamp has been an Audio Research SP-9 Hybrid Preamp, using the built in phono stage. A while back I sent it back to ARC for a checkup, where they retubed it, replaced a few aging ...

The previously reviewed, and impressive, The Box continues to enhance my listening pleasure, so the prospect of a phono ... audio. The Vinyl features two AE2270 devices per channel: one for RIAA curve ...

Musical Fidelity’s new flagship M8x Vinyl Phono Stage is both fully discrete and fully balanced with improved gain stage and more. Pro-Ject Audio Systems CEO, Heinz Lichtenegger, raised a few eyebrows ...

The ZEN Phono 3 is a DAC too, but it's a phono stage made with vinyl in mind and targets one common source of audio irritation: warping. Warped records can produce a low-end rumble, and filtering ...