I have listened to this in my system, btw. My phono pre has DIP switches on the back that let me do a number of things one of which is dial down its output. So, I did and let the Silvercore do the heavy lifting. It makes instruments sound more pure in my system- less electromechanical I guess you could say- and the music more beautiful. If my pre-amp had a phono stage, I'd be keeping this and selling what I'm using now without a moment's hesitation.