Opinions on Phone stages

Robert Lake · Post by **Robert Lake** » 2014-08-03 08:40

I need a Phono stage for my summer house. I am not prepared to pay so much, say €150-200. Lejounklou's products are out of the range, and very hard to find on the secondhand market.

I am wondering about Musical Fidelity V-LPS II around 1700SEK? Has someone listen to it?

An alternative is an old Linn amp such as the Intek or the (old) Majik I. I prefer an integrated amp rather than a pre-amp. I am not sure how the old Linn stands up totoday.

/RL

donuk · Post by **donuk** » 2014-08-03 10:28

Robert, I think you will find the photo stages of a Linn Majik Preamp surprisingly good, either MC or MM. Get one of these and you have half your system sorted out. Sad one cannot get this model Dynamiked.

Don, sunny downtown York.

ThomasOK · Post by **ThomasOK** » 2014-08-03 12:02

A good, inexpensive phono stage is the Fono Mini from Rega. However, I expect the original Majik I internal phono stage would be a fair bit better. Haven't done a direct comparison but a Linn LK1 preamp phono stage is significantly better than the regular Rega Fono so the Majik is likely to be up there too.

Charlie1 · Post by **Charlie1** » 2014-08-05 07:41

Someone is selling a Kinki 3 on the UK eBay site.

Robert Lake · Post by **Robert Lake** » 2014-08-17 15:44

Thank's for the comments. Now I know some more.

CJ1045 · Post by **CJ1045** » 2014-08-17 15:47

The Cambridge Audio phono stage is a cracker at about £`100

CJ