Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition

@gochurchgo,

I completely understand what you are talking about, but just to be clear The Truth is not a passive preamp, it is an active preamp with no gain. About 6 months ago I sold my (2) Power Sound Audio V1801’s subwoofers and ain’t nobody more of a bass head than me.

I just decided to go a different route and power my system with a stand alone set of main speakers and an amplifier with out the need of subs powered by inboard amplifiers that don’t match the main amplifier in clarity and quality of sound. Kinda like going back to the old school approach but with new school highly efficient speakers, amp and front end(s).

And to be perfectly honest with you, I loved the sound of my PSA subs, I just got tired of moving around two small refrigerators every time I wanted to fine tune my room and system!😊

You are right though, The Truth and outboard subwoofers may not be best matched. Finding a good preamp to match a particular system is not easy. I appreciate your thread and look forward to your choice(s).

@aolmrd1241,

Thanks for bringing the Coda Technologies FET 07x preamp here to our attention. I haven’t as yet seen the prices for it on the used market, but if anyone wants to check it out here’s a review from TeaJay

http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/coda-technologies-fet-07x-preamplifier

Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition

none... sorry 

@tyray 

I completely understand what you are talking about, but just to be clear The Truth is not a passive preamp, it is an active preamp with no gain. About 6 months ago I sold my (2) Power Sound Audio V1801’s subwoofers and ain’t nobody more of a bass head than me.

A couple days ago I picked up some cables to run the subs off the mains and its much more involving. So, in reality I don't need the 2nd outputs anymore. haha.

Oh well. I'd be happy if I could figure out why my current preamp eats tubes or if I am just the unluckiest person buying tubes these days.

Thanks

The Truth is not a passive preamp, it is an active preamp with no gain. 

I believe it uses an active buffer stage (one buffer on input and one on output) to provide high input impedance and low output impedance.  Unity gain is probably a more accurate way to describe it.  With today's source voltages, I doubt you would have any trouble driving typical amplifiers using today's sources with a unity gain device.  Also, it would be much better at handling the interconnect characteristics than a passive.  It does not have a remote control, display, or balanced connections.