Hello Kevin66. I bought my first tube amp in July
2002, a used 6 old month factory assembled
Welborne Labs 2A3 Moondogs with the Ultimate parts upgrade from here on Audiogon. Julian, the seller spent $6000 plus On Moondogs, Oris horns & Revellie crossover. Spending that kind of dinero got Ron Welborne to build him an amp after Ron had quit selling assembled products. Julian provided me with the invoice to verify their age & that the amps were factory assembled. After owning the Welborne Labs gear for 6 months Julian decided he wanted to go back to solid state gear. He sold it all here on Audiogon. I love picking up other guys castoff gear at a good price. Well back to preamps. I had intended to shop around & get a good used 6SN7 based tube preamp-I was really looking hard at the Wright WLA 12 preamp. I was running a Mcintosh solid state system previous to buying the Moondogs. MC 7150 autoformer amp, C 38 preamp, MR 77 tuner, MCD
7009 cd player, Pioneer Elite PD 65 cd player, 1977 Klipsch Cornwall speakers, 1983 Klipsch Cornwall speakers & a collection of 6 other pair
of speakers-2 pair of Advents, JBL etc. I initially used my Mcintosh C 38 preamp with the Moondogs & liked the resulting sonics with the Mcintosh/Moondog match. It was very pleasing to my ears. My search for a tube preamp was delayed for a while. Last month I bought a used mint
factory assembled Welborne Labs Revellie tube(6SN7) preamp from Fmpnd here on Audiogon & got an excellet deal. I like the Moondogs better with the Revellie tube preamp. Their is a better sonic synergy with the 2 Welborne Labs products. The Mac preamp was no slouch with the Moondogs, the Revellie just sounds better to my ears with the Moondogs. As always your mileage may vary running a solid state preamp with a SET amp.
Rambling from an opinionated Texan.
Regards, Mike
2002, a used 6 old month factory assembled
Welborne Labs 2A3 Moondogs with the Ultimate parts upgrade from here on Audiogon. Julian, the seller spent $6000 plus On Moondogs, Oris horns & Revellie crossover. Spending that kind of dinero got Ron Welborne to build him an amp after Ron had quit selling assembled products. Julian provided me with the invoice to verify their age & that the amps were factory assembled. After owning the Welborne Labs gear for 6 months Julian decided he wanted to go back to solid state gear. He sold it all here on Audiogon. I love picking up other guys castoff gear at a good price. Well back to preamps. I had intended to shop around & get a good used 6SN7 based tube preamp-I was really looking hard at the Wright WLA 12 preamp. I was running a Mcintosh solid state system previous to buying the Moondogs. MC 7150 autoformer amp, C 38 preamp, MR 77 tuner, MCD
7009 cd player, Pioneer Elite PD 65 cd player, 1977 Klipsch Cornwall speakers, 1983 Klipsch Cornwall speakers & a collection of 6 other pair
of speakers-2 pair of Advents, JBL etc. I initially used my Mcintosh C 38 preamp with the Moondogs & liked the resulting sonics with the Mcintosh/Moondog match. It was very pleasing to my ears. My search for a tube preamp was delayed for a while. Last month I bought a used mint
factory assembled Welborne Labs Revellie tube(6SN7) preamp from Fmpnd here on Audiogon & got an excellet deal. I like the Moondogs better with the Revellie tube preamp. Their is a better sonic synergy with the 2 Welborne Labs products. The Mac preamp was no slouch with the Moondogs, the Revellie just sounds better to my ears with the Moondogs. As always your mileage may vary running a solid state preamp with a SET amp.
Rambling from an opinionated Texan.
Regards, Mike