We first glimpsed Cyrus Audio's new phono preamplifier at the Bristol Hi-Fi Show earlier this year. And now, after a long ...

Ah, Thorens. The former Swiss stalwart now marching under German command, has stormed into High-End Munich 2025 with a trio of precision-engineered overachievers. First up, the MC 1600 phono ...

It turned out to be the EVO100 Tube Phono Preamplifier. ... The turntable was my fully restored Thorens TD 125 with a Jelco SA-750E arm and a Holistic Audio SE cartridge. The amplifier was my ...

Phono preamps don’t get much more basic than the Rolls VP29, but sometimes simple is all you need. Measuring 3.25 inches wide, 2 inches tall, and 1.5 inches from front to back, the Rolls VP29 is ...

Q. I have an Emotiva BasX A2 amp driving Thiel CS2 speakers. My turntable is a Phase Linear 8000 Series Two with a Vessel R3SM cartridge. Since my amplifier does not have a phono input I am using ...

They're everywhere — from Mr. Milchick rewarding Helly R. with a dance party from a Thorens-like deck in Severance to Agatha All Along ... Many modern turntables come with phono preamps ...

The M8x Vinyl is a discrete, fully balanced phono preamplifier, boasting a "purer" signal path for a natural, dynamic musical performance with minimised noise. The chic phono preamp also boasts an ...

Final thoughts on the best phono preamps. Best overall: Moon by Simaudio; Best entry-level: iFi Audio Zen Air Phono Preamp; Best features: Rega – Fono Mini A2D; Best high-end splurge: McIntosh ...

Most of the time, I had the balanced output from my phono preamp (into which a Thorens TD1600 turntable fitted with a Goldring Ethos moving-coil cartridge was connected) plugged into one set of XLRs, ...

If you’re buying a phono preamp that costs around $100, the rest of your turntable system shouldn’t cost much more than $500. If you have a higher-end system, upgrade to a higher-quality phono preamp.

At the time of the review, I did not have an external phono preamp with balanced inputs/outputs to ascertain if that would make any difference; and with the 2M Bronze being a MM cartridge — a somewhat ...