ARC ref2 se phono stage

[Juan]

Originally Posted by lotus340r

I would also put the Tom Evans Mastergroove ahead of it as well which I have recently had the pleasure of trying at home.

I'm curious about the performance of the TEAD Mastergroove against the ARC phono gear.
I never have the chance of hear the Ref 2SE, but I have a TEAD The Groove+ SRX and I have compared it against the ARC PH8. In my system, and with Lyra Kleos cartridge, the Tom Evans is superior to the ARC in terms of noise floor, dynamics, clarity, soundstage, emotion, etc. Certainly the ARC PH8 has "only" 58 db of gain to cope with my 0.5mv Lyra. BTW my line stage is an ARC LS26.