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Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under?
As the title says, I am pondering my best options for purchasing a tube based preamp for $2k or under. Must have a remote!
Your opinions, thoughts, and expertise would be greatly appreciated. If I was spending more, I would know most of the best choices, but I'm on unfamiliar ground at this price limit. But sometimes, you can only do what you can do.
Thanks for any help.
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@nightfall and others -- sorry FOUR 6SN7 tubes rather than SIX. My bad. I still prefer having a preamp with one. Why? Cost: they range in price but maybe $30 bucks and up (times four). I'd rather spend money on having a variety of 6SN7 tubes to try different sounds with. I don't want to buy multiple quads. IMHO, having amps with that many tubes is what would push me toward a solid state preamp. Sure thing about the QS. I upgraded the caps in my preamp and still didn’t wind up keeping it. |
OP, others You can expand your buying power/choices to full featured vintage equipment without remote control: In order to get remote control for any vintage equipment, simply add a Chase Remote Line Controller, RLC-1. That let’s me use my beloved McIntosh MX110z tube tuner/preamp. You get very precise 1 db steps of remote: volume, balance, mute, treble, bass, and 1 switched power outlet. Other remote volume devices exist, but this is the only one I know of with remote balance. Once you have it, you won’t want to ever live without remote balance again. this old ad shows it well
you MUST have a KP-1 Remote, no controls on the unit. One remote listed on hifishark now. A unit without a remote for sale: if seller confirms it’s lights all blink when plugged in, that’s normal, thus no guarantee but likely a good unit.
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