Crack and Phono

[karl]

Does the Crack require a linestage to work with a phono preamp? I'm considering the Hagerman Bugle.

Regards,

Karl

 

[denti alligator]

You won't need anything between the Bugle phone pre and the Crack, no. The Bugle sounds pretty nice for the price, so I'd say go for it.

 

[Tubejack]

I used a bugle before I had my Eros completed.  Works fine. 

But since the Eros, it hasn't been back in the system since ....

 

[Laudanum]

Concur with the above.  I borrowed a Hagerman Cornet from the main system fed directly into Crack.  Then later built Seduction.  Both worked perfectly fine direct in to Crack.  I added FPIII with an eye toward adding an amp and speakers to this system.  But, not needing to swap cables was a nice benefit (I use 3 sources with Crack) while I work on the speaker setup.  I do take advantage of FPIII for a little more gain for phono sometimes but it isnt necessary.