A phono preamp is a vital component of your turntable system, even if you don’t know it. Generally the smallest and most affordable, it may be built into your turntable itself. Owing to its relatively ...

Rega’s Aos MC borrows from the company’s $7000 reference phono stage at around $2300. Is it the new sweet spot for serious MC vinyl fans?

An electronic circuit that amplifies and equalizes the analog output of the cartridge in a phonograph turntable. The output is boosted to a level equivalent to other audio sources such as tapes and ...

I’m gonna save you some time: yeah, you probably should buy an external phono preamp for your record player. Easy, right? Not enough info? Want to dig a little deeper? Don’t worry — I’ve got you ...

The Aavik Acoustics RIAA R-180 Phono Preamp is ridiculously expensive but it’s also one of the best we’ve ever heard with excellent transparency and musicality. I’m willing to admit that their good ...

Parasound, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of high-end audio components, has announced that it is now shipping the first production samples of its much-anticipated John Curl designed Halo JC 3 ...

If you’re a big music fan, there’s a decent chance you own a turntable, or are considering buying one. After all, vinyl records have become so popular as a format for listening to music that for the ...

There are obviously things even clever people don't think of when dishing out advice on turntables. Like phono pre-amplifiers, for example, not to mention the delicacy of "phono" inputs. Salespeople ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Best buys To be able to listen to turntables through your system, you'll need a phono stage (also called a phono preamp). These are the best models we've reviewed across all budgets and types. The ...

The circuit was designed according to the RIAA implementation of Hi-Fi phono preamplifier for the purpose of reproducing an audio from a moving magnet cartridge. Recording Industry Association of ...

While we have published a number of variations on a standard RIAA preamplifier for magnetic phono cartridges, we have not published a preamp stage for ceramic phono cartridges. Typically, these were ...