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Review on ๐ŸŽถ Enhance Your Vinyl Playback with the Pro-Ject Phono Box S2 Ultra Phono Preamplifier - Black by Jeremy Edwards

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Preamps have personality

Hello. I bought this very nice Pro-Ject Phono Box S2 Ultra and returned it for a refund. Thanks Revin I reviewed Schiit Mani and sent it back. My sensitive ear heard white noise coming from the mani preamp. And with the Pro-Ject Phono Box S2 Ultra I heard less bass. These two modern preamps are compared to my Phoenix system P100 Mag from the mid 1970's. This review focuses on the Pro-Ject Phono Box. Very quiet circuits. Phenomenal stereo separation. Beautiful sound. Clear, clear sound. NO bass response. Played my standard test recording. "The Ultimate Analog Test LP". Frequency sweep from 1 kHz to 20 Hz. The BASS frequency starts to drop slowly to -4 dB after 80 Hz. I checked that the SUBsonic button is NOT active. I like the "warm" sound. Not the hip hop bass that played two blocks away. I just couldn't bring myself to put up with that lack of bass and adjust the EQ to add what was missing. This technology should be acceptable with the FLAT EQ setting, and we're assuming that's the case. I played around with the dip switches under the preamp and it was best with all dip switches turned off and there was no gain for the MC pickup.

Pros
  • Preamps
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  • I have no negative feelings about it, everything is fine