Pro ject Phono Box RS2 AND RS phono stage 

what would be very interesting Incar studio is to compare the RS2 with its little brother "phono box DS3 B". they share the discrete design and the XLR IN = OUT and the many adjustments

Love Flashpoint! Vinnie Colauita is a beast!

So my Project RS will work RCA in from the turntable, XLR out to my main amp ? Is there any advantage to doing that or would the balanced improvements only come with a turntable that provides XLR to the phono box then XLR out ? Cheers.

Why did you use DECCA for equalization? The record did not sound like 70 years old?

Some key selling points really need fleshing out so allow me to do so. The balance feature is super handy to some... cheaper carts can have upto 1.5db of channel imbalance... very audible especially when records themselves can have an imbalance too. More expensive MC's are better and can have upto 0.5db. I think this is a great feature, especially as my left ear is a little less sensitive than my right lol! The easy adjustability to suit any cart is great. The discreet, no op-amp route is killer and the choice of eq curve is useful...ive got a fair few 1950's lps. But the main thing here is the XLR inputs... very uncommon on anything less than uber high end stages. In fairness its also uncommon to have true balanced outs on a turntable upto £5k and well above and with that its only MC carts that are inherently balanced to boot. Nothing could be more amusing seeing phono stages with rca in only and yet equipped with XLR outs... an unbalanced signal is an unbalanced signal and you cant get something from nothing. Not here though.... this stage is MADE for low output MC where a super low noise stage is essential... the ability to run an MC from a fully balanced TT output and then through fully balanced phono stage and again onto balanced ins of linestage/integrated etc is KILLER and has the potential to drop the noise floor to the point most vinyl listeners will never ever experience. At £1400 and used as such it represents stupidly good value for money. However its worth pointing out that its pointless to buy this stage if you only intend on use of MM carts - even an expensive one - and a turntable with cinch outs or else just buy a Tube box DS2 or some such because thats a great phono too. I myself will be getting one of these to go with the recently acquired Thorens TD1600 which is fully balanced out and i cant fricking wait lol. Hope to add the PSU upgrade too!

Interesting. Did you try either with their respective Power Boxes?

have i missed somthing player wasnt tracking a record

Did you have a chance to listen to it? Wonder how it compares to Hegel v10.

I am testing rs box now in a combination with rs power box. The later brings audible advantage. I am using it with high output mc. My standart setting is 47k ohm/520 pF Fixed. But if record has a lot of higher frequencies, sound becomes too bright, so I switch to Variable and reduce the load to 1k Ohm or even to 800 Ohm. Balance feature on rs2 could be very practicable, as a lot of records have skewed balance.