The fact that producing a new preamp today with quality construction will be more costlier for a manufacturer then that of yesteryear. Also some of them older preamps were built during a period of time when two channel was at its peak and alot of manfacturers were competing with each other for your dollars. This in turn produced some of the best sounding stereo preamps. I'm sure if you are willing to shell out enough money, you can buy a new quality sounding pre.
Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp?
So I've been doing a lot of research, and am interested in people's opinions about a new vs. used tube preamps...
I'm looking for a good quality tube pre, maybe around $1500. People have recommended some new products (Doge an YS for example) in that price range, but I can't help but wonder if I'm not going to get a better performance with a used pre in that price range that used to sell new for maybe $2500-$3500?
That would be a 10-15 year old pre probably, so has the quality advanced such that the YS could present a better soundstage, for example?
Thanks,
Michael
I'm looking for a good quality tube pre, maybe around $1500. People have recommended some new products (Doge an YS for example) in that price range, but I can't help but wonder if I'm not going to get a better performance with a used pre in that price range that used to sell new for maybe $2500-$3500?
That would be a 10-15 year old pre probably, so has the quality advanced such that the YS could present a better soundstage, for example?
Thanks,
Michael