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Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp?

You probably think I'm crazy, but with all the improvements in solid state, are there any transistor preamps that have the following characteristics I hear in tubes? 1. Fully fleshed out instrumental timbre and overtones? 1. Full, alive midrange with bloom, body and dimension? 2. The airy space and separation between instruments? 3. That realness and aliveness of tubes? 4. At a retail of around $6,000 or less? I'm sure I'll be getting some clashing opinions on this.... Saxo  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-13-08

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 06-13-08   1&1: easy, just attenuate over 8khz 2: easy with ss -- but d ...   Gregm 06-13-08   You can go back in time all the way to a marantz 7t and find ...   Jaybo 06-13-08   And to add to gregm's post, with a tube preamp you can tailo ...   Ait 06-13-08   I don't know why, but ps audio's jealously protected gain ce ...   Ericjcabrera 06-13-08   Best buy is a ps audio gcp 200/gcps. it's differentially bal ...   Tweak1 06-13-08   C-j pf-r. i still have mine after about 15 years (used in my ...   Nglazer 06-13-08   Look up my post on the trl st225 int amp. sell your amps,p ...   Grannyring 06-13-08   Saxo asked: "you probably think i'm crazy, but with all ...   Dcstep 06-13-08   Eric pritchard has studied this. he has some opinions on t ...   Shadorne 06-13-08   If you don't need gain, i think a placette active (buffer)wo ...   Pubul57 06-13-08   Have you looked at mcintosh? their new c-2300 is a tube uni ...   Kaw108 06-13-08   I would recommend the h-cat p-12r x7 which meets your requir ...   Tbg 06-14-08   Thanks, guys. my problems with tube preamps: the tubes get ...   Saxo 06-14-08   Be sure to see guido's updated review of the capri and compa ...   Dcstep 06-26-08   I second the capri, the sound is lush, liquid, fatigue free ...   Pause 06-27-08   Saxo, your comment is really not right. hum and grounding i ...   Atmasphere 06-27-08: Dcstep Well, many of us think that good tube pre-amps are not superior to good SS pre-amps. I think SS gets a bad rap because bad SS tends to sound worse than bad tube equipment and at the lower end of the price scale both are pretty limited. Dave Dcstep  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-27-08   Why would you want or waist your time trying to find a solid ...   Missioncoonery 06-28-08   Missioncoonery, i might ask why buy a preamp that sounds lik ...   Tbg 06-28-08   Answer ten years ago: no. answer five years ago: no. answe ...   Asa 07-04-08   Dumb posting.   Tbg 07-04-08   Some of us will tell you that the audio nirvana you seek in ...   Jpaik 07-06-08   Why, tbag, what do you mean?   Asa 07-09-08   Still waiting... anonymity is the hobgobblin of small minds ...   Asa 07-10-08   Ass, i am sure no one, myself included, who knows what the h ...   Tbg 07-10-08   I appreciate people's opinions. but i find comments offensi ...   Saxo 07-10-08   Saxo, i thought i did.   Tbg 07-10-08   Saxo, were you able to listen to a rowland capri? dave   Dcstep 07-11-08   Dave, i am sure that you are a nice guy and everything. howe ...   Mrjstark 07-11-08   A used ayre k1-xe...matches your criteria to the t. to my mi ...   Pinkus 07-11-08   Victor khomenko, the designer of bat electronics told me tha ...   Mrtennis 07-11-08   You're right mariusz, the capri has it all. (i never said it ...   Dcstep 07-12-08   None, after this answer i can say you that the connoisseur a ...   Newly 07-12-08   Buy a coda or innersound and save a few thousand   Coffeey 07-13-08   Sounds like you should just bite the bullet and get a tube p ...   Chashmal 07-13-08   Tbg, when you refer to me as "ass" instead of asa, ...   Asa 07-13-08   Asa, me thinks you protest to much. it is you who posted a s ...   Tbg 07-13-08   My god, "tbag," deliberate? never even entered my ...   Asa 07-13-08   Second "tbag" slip up... when i saw tbg referred t ...   Tvad 07-13-08   Tvad, really. two fingers here. i think its inane to do that ...   Asa 07-13-08   I never knew what t-bagging was either until i saw a referen ...   Tvad 07-13-08   Asa, please tell us what "answer ten years ago: no. ans ...   Tbg 07-13-08   yes asa, i am interested and please elaborate. are you stil ...   F1a 07-13-08   Asa, where do you think passives (resistor or transformer)li ...   Pubul57 07-13-08   Tbg, you sound like my 18 yr old when he wants something and ...   Asa 07-13-08   Asa, you continue to ignore the malice in your initial post ...   Tbg 07-14-08   Would you two guys just stop fighting? (asa, tbg). it's re ...   Saxo 07-14-08   well, circuit design hasn't really advanced much... and that ...   Gregm 07-14-08   Gentlemen: keep up the banter. it sounds like two lawyers i ...   Mrtennis 07-14-08   Saxo and mrtennis, i guess i have to endure a lawyer's closi ...   Tbg

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