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Electrocompaniet ECP 1
Electrocompaniet was created forty years ago and they are the largest manufacturer of high quality audio equipment in Norway, they export to over fifty countries and their range of amplifiers, compact...
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Ming Da MC-Phono 2006 Phonostage
MC-Phono2006 phonostage A substantial but attractive design, this unit is suitable for both moving magnet and moving coil cartridges, the additional gain for the MC stage is supplied by British-made...
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Vincent PHO-700 Phono Stage
For more than a decade, Vincent Audio has been designing and manufacturing interesting phono stages. The PHO-700 may be one of Vincent’s best designs to date, meeting the challenge of building a phono...
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Music First Audio MM Phono Stage
I love playing with phono stages. I guess it all goes back to my childhood spending hours of love and devotion getting the right weight and bias on my Trio KD1033’s S- shaped arm, and then getting...
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Perreaux Audiant VP3 Phono Preamplifier
Perreaux sounds French but is actually a New Zealand based company founded in 1974 by Peter Perreaux. I first came across the brand when in retail in the early 1980’s and was impressed by their...
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Zontek Art-Deco Phonostage
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the distinctly art-deco looking (and named) phono-preamplifier from Zontek in Poland costing €8990 and having three inputs, allowing for three arms on your turntable. I...
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Rothwell Signature One Phono-Stage
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the £2200 Signature One transformer coupled Moving Coil Phono-Stage from well known British manufacturer Rothwell. I love Class A and large toroidal transformers, and...
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Remton 383 Mk 2 Phonostage
The Remton 383 Mk 2 Phonostage is made in Prague, uses a trio of ECC83s valves and costs a smidgen over £1000, Janine Elliot tries it in her system for Hifi Pig. There are an assortment of different...
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Pro-Ject MaiA DS Integrated Amplifier
Dominic Marsh and Ian Ringstead take the very well specced £699 Pro-Ject MaiA DS integrated amplifier for a ride and rather enjoy it. How do you make a great amplifier even better? That was the task...
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AVID Hifi Pellere Phonostage
At £2500 the AVID Hifi Pellere Phono-stage borrows a lot of its make up from its more expensive sibling costing £4300, but does it cut the right kind of groove? Janine Elliot finds out. AVID Hifi...
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Echo Diastasis PH-79 Phono Stage
From Greece, the Echo Diastasis PH-79 Phono Stage is a dual mono design using E-Core transformers and costs £2760. Janine Elliot gives it a whirl. Georgios Loutridis is very proud of his PH-79. This...
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Elipson Omega 100 RIAA BT Turntable
The vinyl revival refuses to slow and as such more and more turntables are coming to market at the budget end of the spectrum and with more features that will appeal to a younger audience. The Elipson...
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Gold Note PH-10 Phono-Stage
The Gold Note PH-10 has a host of features including various equalisation curves, nine load impedances, facilities for MM and MC carts and a whole lot more to boot. Janine Elliot takes a listen to what...
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Longdog Audio PH 1 Moving Magnet Phono Stage.
The recent revival in vinyl and explosion of new turntables has spawned an equal number of new phono stages from the bargain basement models to the highly specialised audiophile units costing...
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TAGA Harmony TTP-300 Phono Stage
Ian Ringstead checks out the £200 moving coil and moving magnet phono stage from Polish manufacturer TAGA Harmony. I’ve reviewed TAGA Harmony speakers in the past and when I visited the Polish Hifi...
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SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1
Janine Elliot takes a listen the SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1, a device aimed at removing the clicks and pops from your vinyl collection and costs £1500. I first got interested in the idea of scratch...
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Devialet Expert 220 Pro Integrated Amplifier
The Devialet Expert 220 Pro is an integrated amplifier, but also a whole lot more to boot. Janine Elliot takes this £6990 French Fancy for a whirl. Devialet is one of those companies that you just go...
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Synthesis Soprano Integrated Valve Amplifier With DAC
A valve amp at 1300 Euros sounds like a bit of a bargain. Add to the package an onboard phonostage and DAC and this Italian package starts to look even more attractive. Adam Billingham takes this latin...
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EAT C Sharp Turntable, E-Glo S Phono-stage and LPS Power Supply
Janine Elliot has previously reviewed the EAT C Sharp turntable, but now it’s available in a supercharged package with its own phonostage and power suuply. The combo is £6494 in the UK, but is it worth...
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Lab12 melto2 Phonostage
The melto2 from Lab12 has different equalisation curves, mono and stereo options, three inputs, balanced outputs and on paper at least looks like an interesting proposition. But does this flexibility...
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