Recommendations for a tubed preamp
I'm looking for a tube preamp that would pair well with my Lampizator Big 7 DAC and Coda S5.5 amp. My speakers are Joseph Audio Pulsars.
I've been considering the LTA MicroZOTL, but unfortunately it's only available in the U.S., and I'm based in Europe. My second option was the Qualiton C200, but there are almost no reviews online, and I’m worried it might be hard to resell later on.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated — thanks!
Conrad Johnson, get home theater bypass and I think they all have it but I’m not sure. gat2 would be ideal. I think they’ve got some more recent offerings that are a lot more expensive and probably overpriced. They seem really well built it’s a good company. I looked into the cj mono amplifiers, but wanted solid state for the bass drivers. But maybe the tube amplifier would’ve been fine. |
It is not hard to get a travel tourist voltage converter for shavers and hairdryers etc, but what is that going to do with the sound? And a decent one is going to cost a few hundred. If it was me I sure wouldn't want to store my pre amp in with the luggage on a trip and deal with the possible loss, damage, or even the customs hassles. |
@mclinnguy I was rather thinking about the possibility of changing a fuse or making some other adjustment that would allow the LTA to operate properly at a different voltage. Since companies manufacture and distribute their equipment worldwide, I assume they design it to work with various voltages after minor adjustments such as switching a fuse. |
@gabriel123 - if you want to know about voltage switching on the LTA, just send them an email; Jacob is very good with responding quickly... |
