Balanced phono stage circa 1K

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Ok i have a thousand ish to spend on a phonostage (second hand is fine), but i am after one that is balanced and i can't seem to find many of them.

I will be using it with a hadcock 242 and music maker on a garrard 401. The rest of the equipment is balanced, tvc preamp and flying mole poweramps.
 
Thank you for that one. It certainly has some interesting reviews.
I was also looking at the Ayre P-5xe, but i could only afford this second hand. I wonder how it would compare.
 
Indeed, and also seeing as every other component in my system is, why not?

Cartridges do naturally put out a balanced signal.

Also interestingly i found a review of the Aqvox and the reviewer usually uses the Ayre.

To tell the truth, there were times when I forgot which phono stage was in the system, and in those instances I had to really pay attention if I wanted to determine, with any degree of certainty, which one was playing. With some concentration I could usually pick out the Aqvox's stronger bottom end or the Ayre's very slightly more sophisticated treble, but in all honesty it wasn't remotely easy.
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http://www.soundstage.com/vinyl/vinyl200606.htm
 
Clearaudio have a balanced phono stage,its very good,but not adjustable,fixed gain, fixed input impedance,MC only ,single ended in (RCA) balanced out.
 
bottleneck said:
even on a short run between two components on a hifi shelf?
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Hi Chris,

Yes. In thoery balanced connections offer noise cancellation. True balanced connections have signal paths that carry just signal and separate eart path.

Downside is extra cost and extra circuits/components (+ quality of these bits). More companies are putting them on bits of kit it seems.

I have heard good things about using balanced connections from tonearms to phono stages.

Some people say that the short lengths don't make a difference but is worth looking at with small signals like those from cartridges.

SCIDB
 

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