Leben’s amps and preamps are exclusively line-level only so, in order to provide an in-house option for analogue fans, the RS-30EQ phono stage exists as a standalone external unit that can be connected to a turntable. Like everything else the company makes, it is a valve-based design. The circuit is built around a pair of … Read more
Duo delight Cambridge Audio’s new duo phono stage is a bargain, says Noel Keywood. Cambridge Audio cruise things like analogue phono stages, that are a technological pimple in the wider electronic landscape presented by digital. And that’s obvious with the little Duo. For this you get a small box that connects between turntable and amplifier … Read more
From Italy the Synthesis Roma 79DC tube phono stage, reviewed by Noel Keywood. Read our SYNTHESIS ROMA 79DC Review. A tube phono preamplifier”, as Synthesis of Italy call it, gives best from – but they are rare.To capture the romance of vinyl, the Roma 79DC I am taking a close look at here, is just … Read more