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Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you?

I've been looking for a quality active tube preamp with remote volume control. Most high quality tube preamps that are reasonably priced (ie, under $4000) do not come with remote volume. Those that do use the cheap motorized Alps pot (I've had bad experience with Alps), probably because it's cheap and widely available. I've seen some very expensive preamps us this pot, unfortunately. The two very high quality preamps I've read about are the SAS Labs 11A, Don Allens preamp, and Atma-sphere M3, but the designers refuses to implement remote because they believe the sound will suffer. Atma-sphere uses a huge hand assembled remote volume only for there expensive MP1. A preamp without remote is a deal breaker for me. How about you? Dracule1  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 07-24-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 07-24-11   Why don't you just buy a bat vk31se? there's one listed toda ...   Danielk141 07-24-11   Only if it is stepped.   Slikric3000 07-24-11   Remote? no. i do not care about a remote for the preamp due ...   Elizabeth 07-24-11   Look at the vac renaissance that is presently available here ...   Drrsutliff 07-24-11   As an amputee, yes. as an audiophile, no.   Jb8312 07-24-11   I owned aesthetix io and callisto for nearly a decade before ...   Albertporter 07-24-11   I use the mp3 and do not miss the remote at all. the volume ...   Mrderrick 07-24-11   I am with you on a desire for a remote, due to the dog-on-la ...   Roscoeiii 07-24-11   A remote control is a nice convenience no doubt.the maker o ...   Charles1dad 07-24-11   For many years i was completely a purist, which meant defini ...   Wrm57 07-24-11   A remote was a deal-killer for me when i was on the hunt for ...   Realremo 07-24-11   Yes it is a deal breaker, i would never own a pre without a ...   James63 07-25-11   Looks like about half of you have to have a remote. i'm lik ...   Dracule1 07-25-11   While a remote is indeed a nice convenience, i would not sac ...   Sibelius 07-25-11   Definitely. aesthetix & vtl have remotes.   Ncarv 07-25-11   I agree the alps is crap. i had it on a $10k preamp and it j ...   Mitch2 07-25-11   Sibelius - 45 is not old!!!   Realremo 07-25-11   I used to feel that a preamp had to have a remote if only fo ...   4musica44107 07-25-11   No remote, no preamp. must have a remote, i don't like gett ...   Gjrad 07-25-11   No remote. don't care. another solution is to use long inter ...   T_bone 07-25-11   Dehavilland has a remote stepped attenuator for their pre-am ...   Gearjunkie 07-25-11   Deal breaker.   Jim_swantko 07-25-11   For me it is a deal breaker. when i found the linestage i l ...   Larryi 07-25-11   Deal breaker. i'd have to have a remote. i change volume o ...   Tanglewood 07-25-11   After 10 years of static, yes. i have a c-j pf2 (alps pot) ...   Guinness 07-25-11   Deal-breaker. my last three line stages have had remotes (c ...   Dopogue 07-25-11   Nope. best audio quality was my goal when shopping. if that ...   Rockadanny 07-25-11   If best audio quality is the goal, then a remote is very hel ...   Onhwy61 07-25-11   Cary slp05 is the ticket   Markus1299 07-25-11   Check out cayin, most of their tube amps have a remote. i h ...   Buconero117 07-25-11   I hope designers who don't have a remote in their current pr ...   Dracule1 07-25-11   Sure is. no remote....no deal!   Levy03 07-25-11   Count me in as lazy. no remote, no pre-amp. take a look at t ...   Theo 07-25-11   Absolutely. a remote mute button is essential.   Lloydc 07-25-11   Yes, it is a deal breaker for me too. i really want a remote ...   Kurt_tank 07-25-11   Absoultely a deal breaker. i have a laptop as my source and ...   Kclone 07-25-11   Best audio quality doesn't equate with "not having a re ...   Keithr 07-25-11   Preamp remote and source remote are two different things. ...   Clio09 07-25-11   Here's my preamp history: onkyo p304 adcom gfp 565 melos sha ...   Danielk141 07-25-11   If i didn't have a remote i'd hear even less of what people ...   Wolf_garcia 07-25-11   I'm with albert porter. sound quality first, convenience se ...   Peterayer 07-25-11   I think having remote control is almost essential for sound ...   Larryi 07-25-11   Can't answer the question without hearing the unit with vs t ...   Grannyring 07-25-11   Remotes have never been a deal breaker for me.... until i fo ...   Timlub 07-25-11   no kidding. you are not going to buy a preamp if it sounds ...   Knghifi 07-25-11   No pre remote so i use cdp remote pause in place of remote p ...   Rockadanny 07-25-11: Cajunpepe In a word...yes Cajunpepe  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 07-26-11   Remote is a big plus but not quite a deal breaker for me. fo ...   Suteetat 07-26-11   I have a well designed preamp with remote that sounds great. ...   Wolf_garcia 07-26-11   My preamp is 3 feet from my listening chair. it can run real ...   Atmasphere 07-26-11   "...with the ability to drive long cables also came the ...   Palasr 07-26-11   Do be honest, i know of an guy who has atmasphere preamp and ...   Dracule1 07-26-11   The standard for balanced line is the output of the device d ...   Atmasphere 07-26-11   Deal breaker for sure. i must ask ... can't they just stand ...   Kschiu 07-26-11   ralph, i'd be interested in an explanation of why the termin ...   Almarg 07-27-11   Hi al, if you put a 600 ohm resistance across a cable, which ...   Atmasphere 07-27-11   Thanks, ralph. that all makes sense, as i see it. i would ...   Almarg 07-27-11   Here are some quality remote controlled attenuators (the ubi ...   Dracule1 07-28-11   Dracule1, we investigated relay-operated volume controls and ...   Atmasphere 07-28-11   Ralph and al, after being in and out of this business for ...   Timlub 07-28-11   Remote? no way. i pay for best performance, not for comfort.   Syntax 07-28-11   Syntax, so you rather drive a nascar stock race car as a dai ...   Dracule1 07-29-11   Dracule1, your analogy does`nt apply. as a daily driver the ...   Charles1dad 07-29-11   the cable-related artifact that a termination resistor impro ...   Kirkus 07-29-11   Thanks, kirk. good points, of course. re the two adverse s ...   Almarg 07-29-11   Charles1dad, i thought it was a good analogy because perform ...   Dracule1 07-29-11   Regasrding xlrs: i've used balanced cables in pro audio for ...   Wolf_garcia 08-26-11   A volume remote is a must have convenience for me.   Ducks2007

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