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Amazing tube phono preamp in perfect working condition with original boxes and packaging. Looks identical to the pic. First owner; bought new in May 2014. The preamp has between 200-300 hours of use. $400 obo with the stock Chinese tubes.

Optional, $60 for 4 x Sovtek 12AX7LPS with less than 30 hours on them. Have receipt and boxes for these tubes, they're "like new". Major improvement with these.

Reason for sale, I accepted an offer I couldn't refuse on a higher end phono from Germany.

www.musicalparadise.ca/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=68

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Hi! Been reading about this phono stage. Updated review forthcoming from Wall of Sound. Interested but need to know how it sounds with MC carts because 78dB is a lot of gain. Always concerned about tube rush. What's been your experience? Thanks!

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Perfectly fine with MC's in the 0.3 - 0.4mV range. But I use a passive attenuator after the phono. If you're using an active linestage preamp, it might be a little too much. You can use variants of the 12AX7 tube that have lower gain - I'm using 5751's now.
I decided to keep this phono btw, it's no longer on the market.

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You can never have enough phonostages!

Seriously, that demonstrates the value of the MP certainly. What attenuator are you using?

Many thanks!

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It's a DACT CT2 stereo. I run that into an Opera tube integrated and keep the volume wide open on the Opera to bypass its' volume pot.

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I'm the Wall of Sound guy, btw. 

Basic consensus on this phono is that it's an absolute steal - even moreso for you Americans. Caveats are (a) be prepared to ditch the stock tubes, they're lousy, and (b) don't try to run this into a direct-coupled SS preamp like Bryston, LFD, etc. There's a subsonic oscillation issue, something to do with DC leakage. It's fixable but just be aware. (lots of discussion threads on the MP-P1 over at Canuck Audiomart forum)

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Thanks. OK, with regard to the DACT CT2 stereo attenuator, is that the 100Kohm version? By subbing 5751's and running through the attenuator, need to get the gain down to 60-63dB. My cart is happy in that range. Anything more risks overload.

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Yes- the 100K version.