So far I know of Bottlehead's Seduction and K&K audio's kit. I unfortunely have to rule out Bottleshead's for now, as I wanted to put the phono pre in the same chasis as a channel switcher with the inputs and outputs on the back of the chasis, and to mess around with Doc's design in that way sounds like could cause a mess of hum or other problems.
K&K audio's kit looks perfect size ways (if I could lay it flat on its side with no problem), and supposedly sounds quite good, but at $500 exactly (and I'm not sure it comes with a transformer), its a little steep as I really shouldn't be spending that much.
Of course, if I could be convinced that the Seduction was truly great for the money or that the K&K had something over everything less expensive, I would consider either.
Right now I'm just trying to get a good look at as many phono stages I can before I start making purchases. I prefer kits and pcbs and what not, but if theres a design you really think I should check out I'd consider that as well, as long as the total parts cost stayed within my budget. I put down under $500 and would be willing to pay that much but would REALLY like to see if theres anything under or around $400. Any reccomendations/links?
Thank you so much.
