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Best preamp for and EAR890 / ESL57 rig

Hello folks, I own a EAR890 amplifier, which drives a pair of Piquet restored Quad ESL57 (that in turn sit on a pair of dipole Gradient woofers, driven by an Acurus250 amplifier). I am currently using a pretty good Klyne SK-6 preamp, but I was thinking to move to a tube preamplifier. What do you recommend? My instinct would be to try either the Shindo Aurieges (around $3K) or the new EAR 868 ($5K). Any recommendation? thanks. Giovanni

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10-27-08

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10-28-08: Teajay
Ggavetti, take a look at my recent Gon review of the Audio Valve Eklipse preamp, which is in your budget range. In a past review, on the ASL's Flora preamp I discuss my auditioning of a Shindo Labs linestage that was ok, but nothing special in my system. The Eklipse is a world class preformer, beautifully built with German craftsmanship, and competes with virtually anything out their regardless of price. You might want to the Eklipse on your audition list.
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10-28-08 Hi do you use an active crossover before the main amps and t ... Casouza

10-28-08 Casouza, i use the crossover that comes standard with the gr ... Ggavetti

10-28-08 If cd is your only source consider eliminating a pre all tog ... Tweak1

10-28-08 Tweak 1, i tried what you suggested with poor results -- for ... Ggavetti

10-28-08 Ggavetti, you have one of the best tube amps in the world!!! ... Mrupgrade

10-28-08 I agree. it's an amazing amp...the reason i asked what other ... Ggavetti

10-28-08 Giovanni, if indeed the load is 9000 ohms as stated above, ... Vinyljh

10-28-08 Jonathan, why would you recommend removing crossover and sub ... Ggavetti

10-28-08 Giovanni, i see that your subwoofer's crossover goes between ... Casouza

10-29-08 Thanks casouza. the power amp i use for the woofers actually ... Ggavetti

10-29-08 Giovanni. i took delivery of an 868 line only about a month ... Frankg

10-29-08 Giovanni, my preference with quad 57's is without any subwo ... Vinyljh

11-03-08 I did some research and i discovered that a few quad folks r ... Ggavetti

11-05-08 Modwright swl 9.0 se with tube rectifier-- simply the best Ajackson1

11-05-08 Since only one person i'm aware of combines a monbrison with ... Vinyljh

11-05-08 Vunyljh, actually i just closed a deal on a monbrison. the g ... Ggavetti

01-19-12 I know it's an old thread but how did the shindo compare to ... Podeschi