Tube Preamp with Full Featured Phono (both MM and LOMC with loading options).
My friend has very little room in one of his systems he wants to upgrade, so a single Preamp with Full Featured Phono built in is advantageous to him.
No Tape, Streaming, DAC needed, so not too many inputs, no XLR needed. Has two TT now, with external switcher to his existing Preamp, that's ok, but two Phono Inputs would be advantageous.
I'm gonna start looking, used is fine, budget 1,500 to 2,500 USD (stretch to 2,700 if just a few hundred more gets a great find).
Remote Volume and Mute would be nice, but not that important in that system. Usually, a Remote gets you a newer used item. I'm not living with remote volume, balance, mute. He could find room for the Chase RLC-1 Remote Line Controller he has heard here many times.
That opens the door to Full Featured Vintage Tube Preamps, but that is usually only MM Phono needing an external SUT, costing more, and taking more space. I showed him my FRT-4 SUT which fits under my Turntable, he could do that.
Lots of options, his preference is a single Tube Preamp with Full Featured Phono for both MM and LOMC.
Whew!
Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance
Elliott
@elliottbnewcombjr it should be $1,000 plus shipping. At most $1200 all in. here’s RP-5 on TMR https://tmraudio.com/fresh-arrivals/rogue-audio-rp-5-stereo-tube-preamplifier/ |
thanks, an RP-5 was the 1st one I sent to my friend, , at the top of his budget, but the most flexible MC load choices, great reviews. the RP-1, at 1550 delivered, even if over-priced, is still $-1,000 and has the same phono features as the RP-5 my latest advice to him keep your existing counterpoint 1000 and simply add a SUT
spend only 750. + tax for this FRT-4 like mine which has 30 day returns
mine is right under one of the arms with bottom din connector, no hum.
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If you read the description of Tom Moon's system, which he kindly included in his review of the Rogue, you might think to take his superlatives with a grain of salt. It's solidly mid-fi. My only way of knowing what a typical reviewer is talking about, is to reference what else he listens to. "Everything about connecting the Rogue was straightforward, helped by its excellent owner’s manual. I connected my sources: Hewlett-Packard computer, HRT Music Streamer II+ DAC, Cambridge Audio 650C CD player, and Pioneer PL-516 turntable with Grado Gold cartridge. Interconnects were Linn Silver (CD player), Straight Wire Chorus (preamp to amp), and Dayton Audio (computer to DAC, USB; DAC to preamp, analog). The Rogue RP-1 fed my NAD C 275BEE power amp, which drove a pair of Acoustic Energy Radiance 3 floorstanding loudspeakers and an Advent ASW-1200 subwoofer." |
