Editors' Choice Award 2024 – The Absolute Sound Magazine
"Renowned recording experts at Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs have taken the plunge into manufacturing analog hardware: two turntables and two companion phonostages, including the $349 StudioPhono. Tim de Paravicini lent a hand with designing the internal circuitry. Features include adjustable gain and loading for mm and mc cartridges, a mono setting, and a subsonic filter. Clean and compact, it complements tables sonically and visually."
- The Absolute Sound magazine, December 2024
Highly Recommended – The Shoestring Audiophile
"There have been pieces of gear recently that have impressed me, and those that have even wowed me. However, few have had quite as powerful of an impact like the Mofi StudioPhono has had. Whether you’re just starting your record collection, or a lifelong collector, this might be one of the most worthwhile pieces to check out that I have seen in a long time. Highly recommended."
- theshoestringaudiophile.com, October 13, 2019
Highly Recommended – Vinyl Me, Please
"There have been pieces of gear recently that have impressed me, and those that have even wowed me. However, few have had quite as powerful of an impact like the Mofi StudioPhono has had. Whether you’re just starting your record collection, or a lifelong collector, this might be one of the most worthwhile pieces to check out that I have seen in a long time. Highly recommended."
- Nels Ferre, Vinyl Me, Please, July 8, 2018
"The MoFi StudioPhono impressed with its fine balance of sonic skills offering a rich, detailed, and nimble way with all of the records I sent its way. The Mono option offers a nice step up in sound quality for mono records and the numerous gain and loading options should accommodate most cartridges of MM or MC variety. I also happen to like its looks and size, and the fact that it embodies the talents of Tim de Paravicini, one of hifi’s most talented designers, at its asking price makes for one helluva convincing story."
- Michael Lavorgna, twitteringmachines.com, March 9, 2023
"The StudioPhono is an all-star performer and does not give you the impression in any way you are missing out or making sacrifices at its list price. The StudioPhono will be a valued and integral part of your front-end chain, not just a budget component that is checking a necessary box for you to be able to play your records."
"The StudioPhono on its own merits and even more so paired as a combo with the StudioDeck [turntable] & StudioTracker [phono cartridge] outpaces anything else on the market I have heard at its price point."
"The StudioPhono will be a valued and integral part of your front-end chain, not just a budget component that is checking a necessary box for you to be able to play your records."
- Buzz Hughes, hi-fi+ magazine, August 15, 2018
"Not only is it super configurable with loading and gain, it can run almost any cartridge (even the crazy high end $10k carts) as it has settings for MM and MC cartridges, even low output MC."
"I would not recommend any other phono stage under $500 (maybe even $1000) other than the MoFi Studio. You can jump up to the Ultra but all you will get for the extra dough is a headphone output. The phono stage is the same."
"The MoFi Studio also has a mono switch for listening to mono records and a button to press if you hear some bass rumble. Overall a very impressive package for 99.9% of us who want to improve our vinyl playback."
- Steve Huff, stevehuffphoto.com, June 23, 2021
"I was astonished at how quiet backgrounds were, especially on good recordings. Surely the little StudioPhono deserves partial credit here."
- Julie Mullins, The Absolute Sound