29-Jan-2016, 15:12
i use a Acustic Raven AC with Acustic Raven 10.5 tonearm and a Koetsu signature platinum cart and then into a Hashimoto SUT and then into Devailet
when i first got my D Premiers the phono stage was superb - so much so that i could not justify the need to keep my Audio Research Ref 2 phono stage
whilst the software upgrades have added extra functionality re changing settings on the fly - the phono stage appears to be more noisy - especially when in MC stage - but the noise is reduced when via the SUT and MM stage
i would trade the original phono stage software without the bells and whistles for the current version
as for listening it is dependent - i tend to listen in batches i.e. vinyl for a period of time (weeks) then digital (AIR) and then back again - driven more by music i want to listen to than SQ
when i first got my D Premiers the phono stage was superb - so much so that i could not justify the need to keep my Audio Research Ref 2 phono stage
whilst the software upgrades have added extra functionality re changing settings on the fly - the phono stage appears to be more noisy - especially when in MC stage - but the noise is reduced when via the SUT and MM stage
i would trade the original phono stage software without the bells and whistles for the current version
as for listening it is dependent - i tend to listen in batches i.e. vinyl for a period of time (weeks) then digital (AIR) and then back again - driven more by music i want to listen to than SQ
