Ponty
pfm Member
Funnily enough, the Yamaha was another unit I was going to suggest besides the Denon PMA-30, both would be very flexible and prove good VFM... I recommended the Denon because my parents recently put on in their garden bar, along with a pair of Q Acoustics 3020i, it’s really excellent, it doesn’t have a built in phono stage but that wouldn’t be an issue with the Planar 1 plus. The Yamaha is an equally good suggestion.
The PMA 30 looks more like a WXA-50, which would be a great option if compact size was a requirement. A 602 is more powerful and a notch up really. Both have all the streaming services built in plus internet radio etc. WXA-50 has no phono stage but as you say, get a deck with one built in.