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LTA Microzotl Preamp

Recent new owner of LTA Microzotl Preamp; It is EVERYTHING I have read here....dead quiet, wonderful depth of soundstage, great air around voices....interestingly, voices/instruments sound "relaxed", no clue what that means...lol....WONDERFUL customer support....I give it my 4* review....

System:  Oracle Delphi/Graham Arm/Ortofon A95
               Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp
               NAD C658 DAC/Streamer
               Threshold 4000
               Von Schweikert VR 4.5 silver
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mahgister
12,474 posts
 
Lucky you are.... Congratulations.....

If i can i will bought one some day!   :)
lancelock
1,083 posts
 
It certainly is incredible. I can’t think of anything in its price range that can touch it.
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mahgister
12,474 posts
 
The reason is simple....

There is not another guy that awake itself one morning and was thinking: how do we use tubes in a complete new way in tube amplifier?

His name is David Berning....There is not one negative review of this product and  the price is relatively low for the quality, and no more heating and changing tubes  each year or so....

Other way to use tubes are obsolete probably, but not more people knows it for the time being.... :)


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patrickdowns
486 posts
 
I cannot get this preamp out of my mind.
I have an Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC/preamp which is very good and a relative bargain (Robt Harley rated it highly, fwiw). I've also thought about going to an integrated amp (Pass or other) but ... I can't get this preamp out of my head! It's an excellent headphone amp too, I've read. It would require me to get a separate DAC though.

I wish I could try one in my system.
dodgealum
1,398 posts
 
@patrickdowns You can! LTA has a very generous trial/return policy. 
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jw944ts OP
323 posts
 
14 day trial available. They are very, very nice
jw944ts's avatar
jw944ts OP
323 posts
 
.....if you try it I would be surprised if u returned it
fredorama
50 posts
 
Are people here talking about the Level One or the Level Two?
jw944ts's avatar
jw944ts OP
323 posts
 
I have the original, and will soon get it uypdated

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jw944ts OP
323 posts
 
anyone able to report on the upgrade of the LTA MicroZotl?

lancelock
1,083 posts
 
The upgrades are well worth it. It takes about 150 hours for the new caps to form but after that it is a sweet and noticeable improvement to an already great preamp. 
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jw944ts OP
323 posts
 
@lancelock , I am saving up to get it....
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