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Custom MC input transformers £70 each, cost, and you want me to sell a whole phono stage for £200 get real! You know most of the retail price is dealer margin and VAT. I make about half as much as the dealer from a £1500 phono stage and that has to go towards marketing, R&D and overheads before i see any profit.

A really good phono stage is rocket science (I work in both fields, well not rockets but satellites if thats close enough.) Attention to detail is very important when dealing with the low levels from MC cartridges and requires specialist circuitry.

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Chris Jennings

www.highendaudio.co.uk

[QUOTE="Chris Jennings, post: 685005, member: 1909"] Custom MC input transformers £70 each, cost, and you want me to sell a whole phono stage for £200 get real! You know most of the retail price is dealer margin and VAT. I make about half as much as the dealer from a £1500 phono stage and that has to go towards marketing, R&D and overheads before i see any profit. A really good phono stage is rocket science (I work in both fields, well not rockets but satellites if thats close enough.) Attention to detail is very important when dealing with the low levels from MC cartridges and requires specialist circuitry. Regards Chris Jennings [URL="http://www.highendaudio.co.uk"]www.highendaudio.co.uk[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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