Phono stage comparisons

[daddycool]

By the way, @garcon gave us this very useful comparison recently:

Phono stages - Nait 50 vs NSC222 vs external

I wonder how many have done some comparisons in this regard? I meant to do a more dedicated direct comparison for a while and managed to have some good fun yesterday and today with the phono stages of the NSC222 and the Nait 50. I should note it’s not a 100% direct phono stage only comparison as the 222 preamp section was involved as well when its phono was in action. I did the listening in a relatively small room using as speakers my Marten Oscar Duos for most of the time assuming they would …