A Lake District Hi

Thanks to John for welcoming me into this community and to a member of the Facebook Turntable Talk group for suggesting this! I’m looking for a phono preamp and value clarity, dynamics, micro-detail and soundstage in equal measures, with natural female vocals, organic instruments and plenty of air, especially up top! A pitch black background is obviously essential and all of the above led me here. I guess you could simplify the description of my preferences to “just on the fatigue-less side of almost clinical”!

Welcome aboard Colin. There is a really good loan scheme here so you can try the HFC phono stages, power supplies, and cables as you wish.

This is a wonderful way of doing business and an excellent service for us audiophiles. I love my system as it is but there’s clearly something lacking in the vinyl department and I think the Accession M will be very revealing!

As it is the CD player outshines the turntable disproportionately despite this amp reputedly having one of the best built-in phono stages of all that manufacturer’s amps of a similar age.

I’ll be sure to let you all know when an Accession M comes my way, have a good listen and post some feedback. Nothing beats being able to try something in your own system so the Graham Slee loaner program is truly priceless in both senses!