MCJ3 Hybrid Valve Phono Stage

Reviewer: Mark Wheeler – TNT UK Reviewed: January-March 2019 Published: March, 2019 Introduction Hot on the heels of the QHW The Vinyl and the Gold Note PH10, arrives the £1400 Long Dog Audio MCJ3 Hybrid Valve Phono Stage. This is keenly priced below the LDA MCJ2 phono pre-amplifier (priced at £1900) by being sold directly…

MCJ3 Hybrid Valve Phono Stage

Reviewer: Andrew Eastham – HiFi Wigwam Reviewed: April 2019 Read original review here The Longdog MCJ3 is a dedicated MC phono stage based on a sophisticated hybrid of jfets with valve technology. The valve component is a modest single ECC82 along with a pair of E88CCs, but it is quite clear from the first listening…