Review by Noam Bronstein Most audio products are produced in mainland China nowadays – so locally-made gear always gets our attention. Well, Tisbury Audio isn’t exactly local to us, being that they’re in London (UK). But they are one of a handful of companies (like Lounge, or Schiit) who eschew production outsourcing, make everything obsessively by hand, and also set very competitive market pricing. We reviewed Tisbury’s ‘Mini II’ passive attenuator a couple years ago (I loved it), and clearly, their new Domino phono stage, the subject of this review, retains the same look and footprint. It looks handsome, has just enough real estate to do the job, so why not use the same casings and keep costs low? The Domino is an adjustable, full-function, solid-state RIAA phono preamp with multiple gain settings. It’s very nicely-made, boasts an RIAA accuracy of 0.2dB, and it retails for a paltry £139. To keep costs so low, Tisbury sells them direct to the public. The Domino uses a linear power supply powered by a 15-volt AC wall-wart transformer. The transformer is of good quality, and I experienced no unwanted artifacts (noise) from it whatsoever. In fact, the noise floor of the Domino was super [...]
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