In fact, Yours Truly once plugged a very nice Rega Saturn-R CD Player into the phono stage of an amp and ended up with a few seconds of ear-splitting volume and high distortion levels as a result. These are normally labelled, “CD, Tuner, Aux, Line 1” etc… Despite the fact that physically these sockets look the same and will fit the plugs of a record player, the resultant electrical signal will be too small. The electrical output of a cartridge is far too small to be amplified adequately by simply plugging it into a normal RCA-style line input.
I just think on this occasion he missed a trick – and certainly on the point of budgeting I think the poor reader would be left thinking, “Well if phono stage X costs £39 why would anyone want to spend in excess of £1000?” So let’s start at the beginning.Ī phono stage is needed for two reasons. Don’t get me wrong, this reviewer contributes what I would consider to be very informative and educated reviews to my favourite hi fi magazine. Judge for yourself here, – but I don’t actually think he did more than write, “very nice dear”, about each phono stage. The other day I received a tweet with a link to a review of about 10 different phono stages. I was inspired to write this article by the contributor to Hi Fi World Magazine, Paul Rigby.
#Phon audio tuner upgrade
As a one-time avid reader of the hi-fi press, and a seeker of hi-fi Nirvana, I have experienced the horror of wanting to upgrade the phono stage in my amp, and looking at the prices of dedicated phono stages. In this article I will guide the prospective purchaser through the minefield of phono stages, since upgrading the phono stage can provide one of the most dramatic improvements to sound quality.
Buying a record player is not always as easy as acquiring the most expensive turntable you can afford and plugging it into an amp and speakers.
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