How about one of the Van Alstine Insight series preamps?
SS Preamp suggestion please
Hi all,
Looking for a preamp that would suit me, and limited local auditioning potential.
The room is a dual purpose room, it is my office (so I use it for long listening sessions) and also my digital music studio (ProTools out of a Mac), 14 x 20 feet.
Speakers are ProAc studio 100's, amps - pair of Bryston 2B SST's.
My taste in music varies widely... from smooth R&B (ex. Erikha Badu, Jill Scott) to hard rock (ex. Tool) to funk jazz (ex. later Miles, Marcus Miller, Weather report).
If I could describe my taste in sound, it would be very clean, smooth, but with plenty of slam. I do not like overly analytical sound, nor do I like pillowy mellowness, but listening fatigue does play a factor.
Finally, I broke the budget setting up my studio, and do not need a phono stage, nor remote, and do not have much interest in tubes. Second hand is best for me, and have a budget of about $1000 and would not like to go over unless it was a "world" of difference.
Suggestions? Thanks very much in advance.
Looking for a preamp that would suit me, and limited local auditioning potential.
The room is a dual purpose room, it is my office (so I use it for long listening sessions) and also my digital music studio (ProTools out of a Mac), 14 x 20 feet.
Speakers are ProAc studio 100's, amps - pair of Bryston 2B SST's.
My taste in music varies widely... from smooth R&B (ex. Erikha Badu, Jill Scott) to hard rock (ex. Tool) to funk jazz (ex. later Miles, Marcus Miller, Weather report).
If I could describe my taste in sound, it would be very clean, smooth, but with plenty of slam. I do not like overly analytical sound, nor do I like pillowy mellowness, but listening fatigue does play a factor.
Finally, I broke the budget setting up my studio, and do not need a phono stage, nor remote, and do not have much interest in tubes. Second hand is best for me, and have a budget of about $1000 and would not like to go over unless it was a "world" of difference.
Suggestions? Thanks very much in advance.