Would a Cassette Player Pre-amp serve as a good phonostage?

[Thad E Ginathom]

It's loud, it's clear ... but accurate to the music that was recorded on the LP?

Probably not.

 

[reubensm]

+1 to this, especially to NAD. The NADs from the late 1970s, 1980s and early to mid 1990s had excellent phono stages.

I have noticed that many of the old integrated amplifiers of sansui, nad,marantz have excellent phono stages. Whenever I get any such amps with complaints in the power section, I buy them and give them to those who do not have phono stages in their main amps to be used as phono stage. Even though there may be some loss, they sound better than some of the new phono stages.
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