Phono Stages
Cary Audio Designs is one of the premiere high end designers and manufacturers of tube amps and preamps, DVD and CD players, home theater processors and amplifiers, and specialty electronics for the audiophile. Receiver of numerous awards throughout the years, their equipment design and quality is second to none.
Creek is a British intermediate level high end manufacturer of solid state electronics geared for the audiophile on a budget. Superb sonics coupled with solid stable circuitry put Creek way ahead of the pack for musicality and reliability. Creek has won numerous awards over the years for their products.
Jolida is famous for their wide tube product line. High quality construction, wonderful warm sound, and great flexiblity of design are their hallmarks.
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Heed is a small manufacturer of affordable high grade amps, phono stages, and headphone amps. Build quality is excellent and the phonostage has the ability to compensate for impedance and capacitance, rarely done at the $1000 price level. The presentation is with a black background with the instruments floating in space with lots of air around them in a 3D soundstage. The imaging is pinpoint.
Whest is a British manufacturer of premium quality audio signal solutions such as phono stages, discrete analog processors, and amplifiers. They do extensive research and take a radical approach in the design of their components.