My Phono Stage



I use a bone stock ZP-1.0 phono stage.  Depending on which arm / cartridge combo I use, I have a pair of Sowter silver step up transformers mounted in a separate chassis.  I find when I listen to my turntable, I never find myself thinking about the phono stage.  It just gets out of the way.  I have several variations of it, some which really embellish the tipped up response of the MC type cartridges to a point of having lucid detail but you have to ask is it accurate?  This stage is musically solid with a natural timbre and well balanced delivery.  The photo is actually my unit.  In the production models the remote power supply jack is located on the left side of the chassis.  

You can read more about this Zen Triode Phono Stage here.