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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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simna OP
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The Dynaco ST70 I have heard of. Problem is, the ones that look good are from US and they don't want to ship to Sweden.
Is there one particiular ST70 to look for or stay away from?
The ST35 is also interesting because I think 15w will be enough since I listening on low volumes.
But the problem is to find one in good shape that I can get shipped to Sweden.
simna OP
165 posts
 
What about these Dynaco Latino ST-70? Any good compared to the the real Dynaco ST-70 Series 3?
simna OP
165 posts
 
I send Feliks Audio a mail and this is their answer: "Yes it can work as a very good pre-amp, without any draw backs. It’s going to add the tube signature of Elise to any signal that you pass through it."

And yes, the drawback is just one line in.

The Music Reference RM-10 looks nice, but will 35w not be a little to hard on the EL84 tubes?

About ST-70 Bob Latino; Anyone know why keeping the input at the front? Nostalgia? It's just stupid. 


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