Stellar Strata MK2

The phono stage on this unit is incredibly quiet and detailed—brought life back to my old vinyl collection. Plus having a 150-watt amp and zero-loss preamp in one box cleaned up my whole setup.

Swapped out a separate DAC and preamp for this and the noise floor is basically gone — records through the phono input sound dead quiet between tracks. The 150 watts per channel drives my floorstanders without breaking a sweat.

Didn't expect the phono stage to hold its own against my separate preamp, but it does. 150 watts a channel drives my floorstanders with headroom to spare, and the DAC handles hi-res files without any harshness. One box replaced three components on my rack.