Soupdragon: I may be yes, just sent a PM with some Q's.
Avionics: I'll have a look at some blurb on the net about the Cyrus X, send me a PM with the price if you like.
Thanks for the links Scott. I notice the input loading and capacitance are different on the Red Rose so maybe they are as Levinson says? You'd need to do a side by side I suppose.
I've got a Cyrus Phono X if that rocks your boat .