Unfortunately I haven't tried the 8550 with my turntable so I can't comment on the phono stage, but I've been using it daily for most of the year with various other Elekit amps and it is dead quiet, neutral and very well made. I suspect the phono stage is good as well.
I just finished building my TU-8600s. Took me a few days a couple hours at a time. Popped in my least expensive tubes in case it smoked
Turned it on and away we went into musical bliss considering my test speakers are Polk T15 driven by a Samsung phone streaming Apple. I am going to let it run a couple hours and cool it down and start over playing and burning in. I look forward to seeing what it sounds like with my Klisch Heresey IV and Mbl CD and Rotel RT-955 turntable. I have a lot to do making up for lost time out of the hobby raising a family. What fun this was. Thank you Victor for bringing such great products to the US market. Fingers crossed this runs trouble free and now onto finding a phono amp project.
Victor is there any sense taking it apart and checking voltages if it is working properly?
Turned it on and away we went into musical bliss considering my test speakers are Polk T15 driven by a Samsung phone streaming Apple. I am going to let it run a couple hours and cool it down and start over playing and burning in. I look forward to seeing what it sounds like with my Klisch Heresey IV and Mbl CD and Rotel RT-955 turntable. I have a lot to do making up for lost time out of the hobby raising a family. What fun this was. Thank you Victor for bringing such great products to the US market. Fingers crossed this runs trouble free and now onto finding a phono amp project. Victor is there any sense taking it apart and checking voltages if it is working properly?
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