Vinyl begins with the smallest signal in the system. Any noise introduced by the phono stage is amplified along with the music.
The CH Precision P10 addresses this with ultra-low-noise amplification, a dual-chassis architecture, and a massive dedicated power supply. Its measurable noise floor reaches below -144 dBu for MC current-sensing inputs and below -142 dBu for MM/MC voltage inputs at higher gain settings.
In phono reproduction, silence is not empty.
It is music preserved.