Hi everyone,
Apologize in advance if this is in the wrong place - first post here, longtime lurker. But I’ve been wondering if anyone here has any thoughts on the quality of the phono stage that is integrated into this amplifier. What external stage would you compare it to in terms of sound quality / price point?
Another way to frame this: What price point would a separate phono stage / preamp have to be in roughly to have something that would outperform the one box solution?
TYSM
If it’s anything like my 7000n or any of the 800x I have owned, it’s pretty solid. I tried several standalone phono stages and always went back the the built-in. The only one I considered keeping was the CA solo.