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Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers?

I want to know if anybody tried and compared this rare preamplifiers.
I´m really interest on this brand but I couldn't find anything here in Audiogon.
I will apreciate your opinions.
Thanks

Elduende14 (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-03-10

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06-03-10 Hi elduende14, i think you are asking about the music first ... Teajay

06-04-10 Unfortunately, john no longer makes the tap x autoformer pre ... Dracule1

06-04-10 Dracule1, are you sure john has stopped building the tap x p ... Teajay

06-04-10 I recall john posting something on his forum about taking a ... Clio09

06-04-10 Teajay, my understanding is that since he is oem for bent mo ... Dracule1

06-04-10 Music first is definately the most overpriced passive preamp ... Dracule1

06-05-10 More overpriced than the audio consulting silver rocks? Ngjockey

06-05-10 no, the silver rock is more overpriced, but i think it soun ... Clio09

06-05-10 I'm using a mf copper version in my system, it is much bette ... Nigi25

06-06-10 They're both way over priced. can't justify buying somethin ... Dracule1

06-06-10 Nigi25, i bought the hyperion 938s when theyfirst came out i ... Dracule1

06-06-10: Nigi25
Hello Dracule1, I love the HPS968 with VK-55, I'm waiting for a Bladelius Gondul Mle CD player, it is one of the best CD players available and it includes a preamp board, so I'll go directly to the power amp from the CD player.
Nigi25 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-10-10 Some of us joked that music first should be renamed as " ... Jaspert

06-10-10 I second clio9's recommendation of the lightspeed attenuator ... Pubul57

06-10-10 Pubul57, could you compare the tap-x to your lightspeed prea ... Dracule1

06-10-10 I think they are very similar in mids and highs, where i fin ... Pubul57

06-10-10 What the lightspeed showed me that no other resistor designe ... Clio09

06-11-10 I was at the lone star audio fest and heard a ldr preamp. i ... Dracule1

06-11-10 Yes the "myth" this is a blatant rip-off of my lig ... Georgelofi

06-11-10 The myth product has been around and used to use to be refer ... Clio09

06-11-10 George, you have been working on this for a few decades, any ... Pubul57

06-11-10 Reading through the diy.com thread i believe he tried to pat ... Clio09

06-11-10 Diy is no threat, since that community is going to reverse e ... Pubul57

06-11-10 Sorry george, didn't realize it was a multi-input remote con ... Dracule1

06-11-10 I first did the lightspeed attenuator back in 1975 but the l ... Georgelofi

06-11-10 I first did the lightspeed attenuator back in 1975 but the l ... Georgelofi

06-11-10 What about the lighter note preamp? do you consider it to b ... Dracule1

06-11-10 The lighter note is a circuit parts only kit, you still have ... Georgelofi

06-11-10 George, is there any improvement to be had with the chassis ... Pubul57

06-11-10 Hi paul, your lightspeed attenuator chassis is fully shielde ... Georgelofi

06-12-10 George, do you have a website where i can see and read about ... Dracule1

06-12-10 A simple one at www.lightspeedattenuator.com it also listed ... Georgelofi

06-12-10 Also if you pm me your email address i'll send you a pdf bro ... Georgelofi

11-24-10 I've just come across this thread and see that the myth prea ... Probekk

11-26-10 I've heard the copper and silver versions of the mfa. they ... Devilboy

04-18-11 I own the mfa copper classic and the mfa reference. they are ... Audiofun

04-18-11 Oh yeah, my classic does not have the mk ii transformers. i' ... Audiofun

04-18-11 The mfa is said to sound very much like the bent audio passi ... Pubul57

04-18-11 I built a passive for my bench testing of audio equipment iv ... Audiofun

04-18-11 Mfa is certainly a more flexible unit, as are the bents. Pubul57

04-18-11 Yes, i think that the type of quality one can approach with ... Audiofun

04-18-11 Audiofun, what does your system consist of? was the shootou ... Agear

04-19-11 Hi agear, one of my best audiophile friends thought he was s ... Teajay

04-19-11 I agree that music first is way overpriced... by the way mus ... N37000

04-19-11 Agear, none of the tests were blind. i do not understand the ... Audiofun

04-19-11 N37000, if those are still available, that is an awesome pri ... Audiofun

04-19-11 I believe s&b stopped selling the transformers for diy and o ... Clio09

04-19-11 Clio09 i believe you are correct air oall points. here is th ... Audiofun

04-19-11 Agear it is pretty cool that we ran nearly the same comparis ... Audiofun

04-19-11 I have the bent tap x, and it is one of the most transparent ... Dracule1

04-19-11 I have had the privilege to work with masa tsuda and hajime ... Clio09

04-19-11 Exactly clio09, best active line stage i have listened to to ... Audiofun

04-19-11 Anyone have any experience with the atma-sphere mp1 preamp? ... Dracule1

04-20-11 There seems to be some persistent confusion regarding the tr ... Agear

04-20-11 No disrespect to agear, but anytime one uses words like &quo ... Dracule1

04-20-11 Agear (brian weitzel / jack seaton) it's ok... i know you wa ... Audiofun

04-21-11 There goes andrew "helping" his friends again. lol ... Clio09

04-21-11 You think? Pubul57

08-02-12 My baby ref arrived yesterday 8/1/2012 and right out of the ... Audiofun