🔴 FOR MORE INFO ⬇️ A phono preamp (or Phono Stage) amplify your turntable's output to make it compatible with our amplifier. At the same time, it adds RIAA equalization (to permit greater recording times and improve sound quality reducing the groove noise). Do you need one? Well your turntable may have one so in this case the answer is not! But adding and external, also budget, phono preamp can result in a massive upgrade in terms of sound quality, improving soundstage, dynamics and reducing noise floor. In this review I'm going to compare 3 budget phono stage available today: 1.ifI Zen Phono https://ifi-audio.com/products/zen-phono/ 2.AVM P30 https://avm.audio/masterpiece/avm30-p-30/ 3.CA Alva Solo https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/row/en/products/hi-fi/alva/solo 00:00 Intro 00:54 ifI Zen Phono Overview 02:45 AVM P30 Overview 03:49 CA Alva Solo Overview 05:15 Setup & Test 07:11 Sound Quality 16:36 Conclusions If you'd like to support me in continuing to make these videos, here are some things you can do! 👍🏽Like, Subscribe, and ring the notification bell. And share! 🙋🏾♂️Support the Channel and my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/mad_audio_o... #stereo #audiophile #hifi

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