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AcousTech Electronics PH-1 phono preamplifier
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 05, 1998  | 
Audiophiles with budget restrictions (most of us, I imagine) could be forgiven for feeling we're afterthoughts to most manufacturers. Even though we probably keep most companies in business by buying their "entry-" or mid-level products, we're always hearing about products designed "without compromise." Waiter, could you bring the reality check, please?
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Phono Preamp Reviews
Balanced Audio Technology VK-P10 phono preamplifier
Jonathan Scull  |  Jun 29, 1997  | 
Some of the most innovative thinking on hybrid circuit design these days seems to come from Russian designers. As a group, they are technically very well educated, pragmatic, and unfettered by American high-end didacticism.
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J. Gordon HoltPhono Preamp ReviewsHistorical
Vendetta Research SCP-2 phono preamplifier
J. Gordon Holt  |  Jun 11, 1995  |  First Published: Jun 11, 1988  | 
Few people in the audio business would deny that John Curl is an audio design genius—arguably the greatest one of our generation. He designed and built the electronics for Mobile Fidelity's SuperMaster and David Wilson's (of Wilson Audio) UltraMaster tape recorders, two of the three best analog recorders in the world. (The other is Keith Johnson's home-brew unit.) He designed the JC-1 head amp and JC-2 preamplifier sold under the Mark Levinson name some years ago. He designed head amps for SOTA, Michaelson & Austin (TVA), and has done consulting work for more high-end companies than you can shake a stick at.
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