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Personal Preamp Evolution - May 2012
I found an old thread on this topic from 2003 and would like to know what people are using now. My preamp evolution:
late 70's...Dyanco PAS-3
1984...Hafler 100
1986...Hafler 110
1989...Hafler 110 modded by Musical Concepts
1998...Creek OBH-12 Passive
2004 to present... Placette Audio Passive Linestage
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05-23-2012 6:00pm
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Kenwood L07C
Sumo Electra
Integrated SS
Integrated SS
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PS Audio 6.2
Sumo Athena II
Coda CL
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Don't know why this is under digital?
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I use a Music First pure silver transformer based linestage. Beats all passive resistive linestages and all active preamps IME.
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I can't even begin to put that list together. I've owned probably 20-35 preamps in my life. I couldn't put them in any particular time sequence. Sometimes I even owned 3-4 preamps at one time. Whew!!! My head hurts just thinking about it.
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