Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it
And you can actually HEAR the preamp-in-question-which-shall-not-be-named-because-it-actually-isn't-named in *Room 323* at the Capital AudioFest this weekend. Along with the $10K Montis speaker by MartinLogan, some very nice AudioQuest interconnects/other lovely cables, the Chord Hugo DAC, and a VPI Classic with 3D tonearm (yum). |
You have to visit BackertLabs.com to enter This page takes you directly to the entry form. (And the rules! They're important too!) Cheers! |
Oregonpapa, we like the confidence! We are happy to share a nice Stereophile write-up from the Capital AudioFest, which mentions this giveaway. (2nd item down) The weird thing... we can't remember what LP that was?! Anybody? Have a great weekend! |
You can enter our September Preamp Giveaway right: here. And yes we are sorry, but residents of Rhode Island are not permitted to enter -- RI has legal reporting and registration requirements for giveaways that we did not want to attempt and then somehow fail to comply with. We truly wish everyone could enter! The good news is, residents of the other 49 United States can participate, and each person/household can submit up to 3 names. A pretty picture of the prize. Another pic, which highlights the easy-access clear tube door on top. |
So far, Audiogon is the 2nd largest group entering our little giveaway... we are still reading all entries! Still trying to figure out what the guy who suggested "The Scott Walker" was thinking?... |
Hi Cusco... to enter, just visit our website and you can take it from there. Placing ideas here in the forum won't get you entered (and just gives away your ideas). If we settle on a name that was submitted multiple times, the winner will be selected by random drawing from those entries. |
Guys, Just a reminder that our September Preamp Giveaway is ongoing until Sep. 30 and that a **maximum of three names** can be submitted by any person/household! Good luck... |
Just one week left to enter, gents.... you can suggest a max of 3 names for our new pre.... as always, you can get a leg up on what kind of name to suggest by reading our press release.... good luck to all! |
Thanks for the kind words! To answer your question, let's consult the Official Rules.... ahh, it says here that the winner will be notified by October 15, 2015. We will contact the winner by email (which is why it's important to provide your correct email address with your entry). |
Czarivey, under the rules we have to notify the winner by Oct. 15. We will announce the winning preamp name after we have heard back from the winner and we make sure they were eligible to win... under the rules, if they take too long to respond (more than 10 days) then we move on to another name. We will tell the world who the winner was, if they are OK with it. Cheers, |
OK we have decided, and the name of our new preamp is: Rhumba! Victor from Lawrenceberg, IN was the winning entrant and will receive his preamp next week. We are currently preparing to notify all who entered via email (which requires yours truly to master some email stuff that I haven't had to think about before). But the rules don't prevent us from announcing the results however we want, so just wanted to let you know. Our sincere thanks to all who entered! |
Sorry that we couldn't please everybody, but guess you never can! Rhumba felt good in our gut, so we went with it! Blues... excellent. Also received "Method" (this one took us a while to get... Rhythm .... Method.... see, our company is all about birth control) (but it IS kinda funny) Rhyme... good one for sure, yes... the BLT -- you wouldn't believe how many people suggested this! Backert Labs Timbre (BLT) -- or just Timbre, that's good by itself too. Backert Labs Tube preamp (BLT) Backert Labs Tempo .... etc etc. PRaT, also good.... we also got Spoiled PRaT, nice! Arpeggio... a very good one, and our president plays keyboards and sings in a band, so yes we know it :-) |
Responding to Tubegroover: "Congradulations to the winner and Backert Labs for coming up with a great marketing idea to gain exposure to their new pre-amp. I wish Backert Labs great success with their new Rhumba!" Thank you! It's great to hear your feedback, and everyone else's. Even the non-positive feedback is valuable, please don't hesitate. We really appreciate your checking in, and especially those who submitted names for the giveaway. "What I can't figure out though is why not Mamba, Samba or Bamba, Merengue or Tango perhaps... what sticks out about Rhumba?" We like those too! Especially Samba... the president of the company plays the drums, that was his favorite drum cadence in high school marching band... but our flagship model is the Rhythm, so with the Rh- thing you can see how Rhumba is a natural follow-up! |
Ha! You know, one name we actually received was "Cash In Advance 1.1".... Our next product will likely be a phono pre, sometime in 2016, and hopefully we'll do another giveaway. It was way more work than I thought it would be, but I think it was a really good thing and it certainly felt good giving this away. -Andy |
We received this from Terry "Teajay" London... the first reaction we have gotten to the new preamp from a reviewer who heard it in his own system: "Just about a year ago I had the great pleasure of reviewing for hometheaterreview.com the Backert Labs reference Rhythm 1.1 preamplifier. The 1.1 rivaled the performance of my personal reference, the Concert Fidelity-080 which retails for $24,000, in all sonic parameters. I thought then the 1.1 was one of the great “unknown” bargains at its $7,500 retail price. Well, a short while ago I got a phone call from Andy Tebbe who was very excited about their new “baby” preamp, which retails for $2,995, which he believed delivered a big whopping dosage of the sonic performance of the Rhythm 1.1. In the last few weeks, in three different systems, I compared the performance of the “baby” preamp to five solid state and tube based preamplifiers. The least expensive of these cost 7K and the most expensive was 24K. Not only did it hold its own in comparison to these highly regarded and much more costly line stages, it was quite better than three of them, and was on the same level as the best of the overall group. When I write the formal review for HTR I’ll give all the details of why this new Backert Labs preamp knocked my sonic socks off across the board. If the Rhythm 1.1 is one of the greatest bargains of high-end audio, it is not hyperbole to say the new “baby” preamp might be the best deal in high-end gear of the 21st century!" Terry London, Staff Reviewer: hometheaterreview.com |
