Gold Note's $11,999 PH-1000 is by a considerable margin the most sophisticated, most configurable phono preamplifier that any audio manufacturer has ever produced, at least that I know of. Remarkably, considering all that flexibility and sophistication, using and adjusting the PH-1000 is straightforward.
Aesthetically the turntable is an absolute stunner and oozes (sorry) Italian style. The wave of the lower walnut plinth looks wonderful on the rack and is offset by that highly polished acrylic top.
How do you discuss the sound of a DAC when, in theory, there are 192 different ways it can sound? Perhaps “flexible” would be the best one-word description.
If you have been holding off on buying a phono stage to see if something incredible comes onto the market, you’ve hit the jackpot, because Gold Note’s new PH-1000 is everything you’ve been waiting for and more. It is a truly incredible phono stage. I can still barely believe such an achievement was possible.
It got a fantastic set of features, great connectivity, an amazing design, a high-quality build and it is hard finding faults when you’re full of goose bumps all over your body.
If you have been holding off on buying a phono stage to see if something incredible comes onto the market, you’ve hit the jackpot, because Gold Note’s new PH-1000 is everything you’ve been waiting for and more.