Devialet and Tube Phono Stages?

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Hi Everyone,

We've all been pretty active lately in trying to resolve the "hiss" issue and it's great that Devialet has been actively working with us.

In the meantime, I am hearing the siren song of tube amplification and I'm considering getting a tube-based phono pre-amp to use with my Expert Pro 1000.

Has anyone tried using an external tube-based phono stage? If so, what did you think? Did it make a huge difference?

Thanks all, and looking forward to hearing what your experience has been!

Even if this thread is about phono stages it should be mentioned that a good step-up transformer and a  MC catridge will also get rid of the noise. You'd get to use the Devialet phono stage - provided you like the sound from it.... The late Art Dudley of Stereophile wrote about a very good SUT here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/list...ransformer