SET Preamps

Can you guys name a few. Advantages and disadvantages ?

audiogabby04-07-2010 2:03am

atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,574 posts 04-08-2010 at 04:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete We make some of the very few tube preamps that are not SET... ye olde Dynaco PAS-3 is SET, as is the Citation 1, many of the earlier ARC preamps, the CAT, the Joule Electra; Al is correct- most tube preamps are 'SET'. The term really is for amplifiers, where it creates a distinction, not preamps.
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,574 posts 04-19-2010 at 04:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you want my opinion I really feel that if you do fully differential in the preamp, there is a huge benefit there also, IOW even though there are many very musical single-ended tube preamps, they can be improved upon.
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,574 posts 04-20-2010 at 04:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete OK 'improved upon': lower noise, blacker backgrounds, far greater immunity to the length or quality of the interconnect cables, lower distortion/less need for negative feedback (since distortion components would be canceled with each stage of gain), *potential for reduced number of gain stages (for example, to work with LOMC, you would need a total of three gain stages including the line section).