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Headphone amp as pre amp

Hej

I'm considering to buy a tube pre amp and a tube power amp. Then I realized that my headphone amp, Feliks Audio Elise, has line out and should work as a pre amp. But what are the draw backs compared buying a pre amp?
http://feliksaudio.pl/en/products.php

Any suggestions of tube power amp, with EL84 or EL34 tubes. It has to be a Push-Pull as my speakers ar at 89dB sensibility. And if you have suggestions of a pre amp too I would be grateful.
Budget is aprox $4500 for both.

simna

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ndevamp
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Using a headphone amp as a line preamp should present no problems and could make the circuit work better anyway. Since the load impedance of the headphone is removed for use as a line stage it’s circuit should then work with lower distortion.
For poweramps, try the classic Music Reference RM-10. It’s a powerful little push pull EL84 poweramp offering around 35w, that should drive 89dB speakers to reasonable levels.
ndevamp
55 posts
 
The RM-10 was designed by Roger Modjeski, not your average engineer. He gets higher power out of the EL84 by using higher voltage and less current through the tube. It’s proven to be very reliable and the amp has a good following. I owned one for many years and can vouch for its sweet sound and reliability, and it’s far more powerful than it looks! It’s also a simple circuit, hard wired for the best sound.
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