Hello, my friend makes a awesome preamp that I highly recommend and it sounds like something your looking for. Except the only characteristic you didn't mention, and now I'm concerned that it might not fit what your looking for is - musical. It's everything you mentioned along with being a full musical piece. In fact, after being one of his helpful ears for years while he voiced the item, I purchased one for my sons system when I believed he got it right. I presently own older stuff because I've sorta been around the block with the hobby for close to 30 years. My preamps are the Audio Research SP11 mk 2, Marantz 7 early serial number, Stevens & Billington Silver Transformer passive, and for vinyl I use the phonostage of the Marantz 7, a Conrad Johnson PV-9a, CJ EF-1, and a K&K maxed out. The preamp my friend makes is awesome and his company is called Miracle Audio. Look him up, his name is Mark- will won't be sorry.
Tube preamp with or without phono stage?
I’m looking to add a preamp to my two channel system. Currently I’m using an Audio Alchemy DDP-1 as the pre fed by a Simaudio Moon 110LP as the phonostage. My amp’s a Benchmark AHB-2 and speakers are Paradigm Persona 3F. The Personas and Benchmark are recent purchases and I’m rebuilding backwards. I’ve been targeting a clear, detailed, neutral and dimensional soundstage. Very low noise and distortion.
I’d now like to add a tube preamp and have a few questions. What are the pros and cons of the phonostage built into the pre vs as a separate? My amp only has balanced in’s but I can use an XLR to RCA adapter if necessary, are there any concerns with using the adapter? Finally, any recommendations up to about $3-5k with some flexibility?
Thanks
I’d now like to add a tube preamp and have a few questions. What are the pros and cons of the phonostage built into the pre vs as a separate? My amp only has balanced in’s but I can use an XLR to RCA adapter if necessary, are there any concerns with using the adapter? Finally, any recommendations up to about $3-5k with some flexibility?
Thanks