I am running the AD-30 in my E600 - overall I am very impressed with the phono stage. Cartridges I tried are EMT TSD15, Ortofon SPU Royal, Allaerts MC1B.
I don't feel the phonostage is holding back the amp and it should compare well to most standalone stages, even compared to some of the other more expensive phonostage I had: JLTI, Pass Xono. I compared it directly to the phono in my Shindo preamps and I did not feel the phono was far behind. I am curious to try a C37 - but that would go away from this beautiful integrated solution.
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