Phono Amps and/or SUT

[Soniclife]

The Elevator is not a SUT it is a powered pre-preamp so not really needed with a Devialet which already has one built in.

is the suggestion then no sonic benefit can be derived from adding in the Elevator EXP?  I certainly do not wish to add in a new piece to the chain that doesn't add more to the musicality.  

I may still try it as I don't know what I'm missing but if I can avoid the $1500+ expense of the Graham and for connections, then that is definitely a good thing. 

If others have benefited from adding in a reasonably good phono stage, I would love to hear what yo feel you gained from it.

Jim

I think it could improve the sound, but it is far from certain it will.  

Do you have more hiss than you think is possible right now?  If so it might help there.
Does it have loading options the built in phono stage does not?

Matching phono stages to cartridges is sort of required, but the built in stage is so adjustable these days we effectively have a lot of different equalisation curves to play with.

I would not spend money on this without a home loan first.