Relative price
well above typical
Among the 44
phono stages in the catalogue,
this one is well above typical.
A band places a component against its peers and carries no price. It is deliberately the only
price indicator on this page: a second one, measured against a different set, would narrow the
two together far enough to give the figure away.
Who it comes up against
9 lost · Anchored, Artisan, BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Characterful, Intimate, PRaT, Reference, Romantic
Against the Anchored brief, the Naim NVC TT MM/MC keeps the slot decisively.
With the van den Hul The Frog, the pairing gives up most on quietness at rest.
With the NVA P50SA MKII, the pairing gains most on depth of bass.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the stronger phono stage — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the van den Hul The Frog gives up quietness at rest under the Anchored weighting.
quietWhest upper-range reviews
8 lost · Anchored, Characterful, PRaT, Romantic
Against the Anchored brief, the Musical Fidelity M8x Vinyl keeps the slot decisively.
With the van den Hul The Frog, the pairing gives up most on quietness at rest.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the stronger phono stage — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the van den Hul The Frog gives up quietness at rest under the Anchored weighting.
It sits well above the share of the budget this brief aims at the phono stage position.
quietWhest upper-range reviews
7 lost · BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Intimate, Reference
Against the Intimate brief, the Rega Aura Reference MC keeps the slot decisively.
With the van den Hul The Crimson, the pairing gives up most on low-level clarity.
With the EAR Yoshino 868L (Line), the pairing gives up most on low-level clarity.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the weaker phono stage for that brief.
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3 lost · Vocals-First
Against the Vocals-First brief, the Tom Evans Groove+ SRX MkII keeps the slot by a whisker.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the weaker phono stage for that brief.
It sits well above the share of the budget this brief aims at the phono stage position.
3 lost · Artisan, Reference
Against the Artisan brief, the EAR Yoshino 88PB MM/MC keeps the slot decisively.
With the van den Hul The Colibri, the pairing gives up most on quietness at rest.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the stronger phono stage — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the van den Hul The Colibri gives up quietness at rest under the Artisan weighting.
It sits well above the share of the budget this brief aims at the phono stage position.
quietWhest upper-range reviews
2 lost · Silent Path
Against the Silent Path brief, the Whest Audio 60Se Pro keeps the slot by a whisker.
On its own merits the Whest Audio TITAN Pro II is the weaker phono stage for that brief.