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Great phono pre

I want to try out a very good phono stage to acompany my just ordered Boulder 865 integrated. On my very short list are Nagra BPM and AYRE P-5xe as well as Pass X-Ono. Has anybody experience with these devices ? Cartridges used are Denon DL-S1, Lyra Argo i and Dynavector XX-2 MK II. Arms are Ikeda Ti-345 CR 1 and SME. Turntable is Micro Seiki SX-777FV.
Thanks for any usefull input.
frankpiet
t_bone
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Congrats!
That was fast. I'd never heard of it before. Not much info on it in English, and I no longer speak much German so it will take a while to come up to speed on this.
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bombaywalla
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yeah, Frankpiet, I also could not find any info on this esoteric phono pre that you acquired. Can you point us in a direction where we can read some info on it even if it's German?? Thanx.
t_bone
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The manufacturer's description page only shows the one a couple of versions ago, but it is here.
frankpiet OP
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T-bone/ Bombaywalla: as the owner is quite a "genious" he doesn´t spend to much time on updating his homepage or product litrature. The waiting list for the Antares CP-1i V4 is very very long - I know of people who were waiting 30 weeks for their Omtec Antares to come. Nevertheless: sonically I took a lot of time to compare my new (and not even broken in) Antares to Nagra VPA and Ayre P-5xe. The Omtec bettered the Ayre in every aspect (although I´m a big Ayre fan and I´m bias towards their products). The VPA is sonically on par but is twice the price of the Antares CP-1i V4.
frankpiet OP
307 posts
 
I have uploaded a stock picture of the two box Antares phono pre (on my virtual systems site).
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