No but I've been curious about them. Anyone know the difference between the Ladder Chopin, Denafrips Hades, and Musician Monoceros? They all seem to be nearly identical, and I think the same factory or designers make all brands.
Any Ladder Bach/Chopin preamp owners here?
Seen a few reviews on the Ladder preamps and in particular the Bach model. They just came out with the Bach 2 and was just wondering if there are any owners of the original Bach or even the Chopin preamps. Haven’t seen very many personal owner reviews or comments so just hoping to hear from those that have had one in their system.
Thanks for any info or thoughts you can share.
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@996turbo911 I always forget about the Musician line but honestly I’ve only heard about the Ladder recently. Been aware of Denafrips for awhile but no experience with them. From what little I’ve read it seems they’re all Class A with unity gain preamps on the warmer side of neutral with Ladder being closer to neutral and the other two being more warm and lush sounding. |
Look into Schiit Saga 2. It also has Class A output stage, zero feedback, fully discrete w/ LPS. But it has low/high gain beyond Ladder and alike, offering greater flexibility pairing with amp (although the best noise ratio is in Low gain). Sound is rich, sweet and transparent. SS is very good, preserving what it should reserve from the original recording. Tonal wise I would say warm side of neutral too but ymmv. |
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