[Zeke]

Kind of kidding. I searched and found the last one was by retrorckt early this year.

Here's the deal: I got a NAD "integrated" stereo amp for nothing. I tested it and everything seems in order. Has lots of inputs but no phono. So I looked into that. In as much as there is a separate tuner that goes with this, supposedly on some models NAD leaves the phono preamp out so you can choose your own.

I'm not buying it but it is what it is. I can't play vinyl. On retrorckt's thread there was a reference to a Mac 2600 tube pre-amp. That's a little spendy. More than what I would pay for an entire system.

OK, at my age I don't need a great system. What I have is fine, but I'm always fooling around trying something. I see solid state preamps from just a bit more than a buck to 4 to 500. Not trying to kill it so what's going to be a bit better than the fleabay 25 dollar gizmo?

Oh, and speaking of the flea, someone is trying to get money out of stupid people showing them a tube preamp that costs $45. Maybe it's for keeping a Danish pastry warm, IDK.

I mean I'd buy a less expensive tube preamp if I could be certain that my music didn't sound like it was coming from under the kitchen sink.