Yamamoto EQB-01 phonostage

  • Friends,
    In my all tube setup, the only component that is solid state is my phonostage. I use an RCM Sensor Prelude phonostage. It is a very good unit as such, very dynamic and clean sounding phonostage. But when I compared it to a some good tube phonostages I felt I would be happier with a tube phonostage than an SS unit. My budget is rather stingy, I am not looking to spend more than $3k. At this price I can buy a Yamamoto EQB-01 or a Leben RS-30EQ. I anyway use an SUT so both of them will work with my cartridge (Lyra Skala). How much ever I tried I could not find any review of the Yamamoto phonostage. Has anyone here tried this yamamoto unit ?


    I really like Yamamoto amps because they are not euphonic or colored but they are very expressive which is the prime reason to get into tubes for me at least. Please help with the phonostage decision.