pre amp with moving coil phono stage

Have you tried a Superline powered by your preamp?  It is a half sized box that some like to run without a HiCap or Supercap.  

I have admired the Crimson Electronics 710  preamp with internal phono stage and matching 640 mono blocks for many years, but the set never caused me to reach for my wallet.   And I think I prefer the Naim family to the Crimsons by now, at least where phono is concerned!

Bob, I've moved your post to a more appropriate room.

The pre-amps have a powered input socket for adding a Stageline or Superline phono stage. This also enables the use of a dedicated off board power supply for even better performance.  Performance is generally better this way (in a dedicated box) than if the MC stage were inside the same box as the rest of the pre-amp electronics.  The Superline even has mass loaded suspension for the circuit board to cut down on vibration and microphonic effects on the tiny phono signal.

Bob Walker posted:

Has Naim any intention of producing a pre amp with a moving coil phono stage . 

 

They did once

Nac 92, 102, 82 or 52

Older version too, Nac 42, 32, 72, 12 maybe 22?

Funny isn't it we now expect the phono stages to be off board but. Pre/streamers/DACs are all the rage although not in this house. 

Regards,

Lindsay

OK, your LP12 is perfectly set up to take a Naim Prefix.  It can be powered from the AUX2 socket on a current Naim pre-amp.  Very good it is too - better than the phono stage in your NAC102, but now only available secondhand...