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In Reply to: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? posted by tubesforever on March 7, 2006 at 12:02:24:
I just received this Audiogon purchase last night!Wow, compared to my (still awesome) Cornet, it doesn't sound like tubes to me. Far more resolving, neutral, and uncompromising. Kinda jarring in some ways, makes me feel like I've been looking through rose-colored glasses this whole time. Not a bad thing, but freaky like Neo taking the "red pill".
(Yes, a stale Matrix reference: "Remember, all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.")
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - tubesforever 12:02:24 03/7/06 (195)
- My Own Design Based on LePacific JFET Preamp with Battery Power and TVC (nt) - TonyB 10:22:03 03/9/06 (0)
- AtmaSphere MP-1 Mk.III [nt] - Simon Templar 22:59:07 03/8/06 (0)
- Onkyo p-306rs - vinylhammer 21:49:57 03/8/06 (0)
- Supratek Grange - w/ differential tube phono stage - Afveep 19:47:51 03/8/06 (0)
- Blue Circle BC3 (tube) & MiniMax Phono (tube) - Heli_Dog 19:24:50 03/8/06 (0)
- Audio Note M3 Phono and Bent Audio Mu step-up - Vik 17:49:16 03/8/06 (0)
- Wow, let's not do this again, OK? - garth 13:50:54 03/8/06 (1)
- Wow, I had no idea I would get this level of response. - tubesforever 00:03:22 03/9/06 (0)
- SS w built in phono: - sanesmith 13:45:34 03/8/06 (0)
- K&K Audio Phono Pre w/ TVC .. woohoo! - Queg 03/8/0611:22:48 03/8/06 (1)
- Same here..... - Ozzy 12:14:25 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - usafwso 10:58:02 03/8/06 (0)
- Lehmann BCSE, MF XLP (nt) - Munkie_NL 10:55:20 03/8/06 (0)
- Progressive-Engineering Phono pre into a Django TVC (uses S&B transformers).. - JayD 10:50:35 03/8/06 (0)
- Analog Engineering The Phono Preamp (yet to be released beta unit) and Bottlehead FPIII - Steve Culton 10:48:36 03/8/06 (1)
- Re: Analog Engineering The Phono Preamp (yet to be released beta unit) and Bottlehead FPIII - JayD 11:05:10 03/8/06 (0)
- Trigon Vanguard 2 (NT) - mohinder 10:47:19 03/8/06 (0)
- Classe' CP-500 with optional in-board phono stage... - DevillEars 10:45:19 03/8/06 (0)
- Cambridge Audio 640P - vinyladct 10:37:41 03/8/06 (0)
- Wilson Benesch Stage 1 SS Pre (Lukaschek designed) then into ARC SP6.. - j. barleycorn 09:52:01 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Sondek 08:41:22 03/8/06 (0)
- Separate, SS, zero-feedback, A-class FET, passive riaa, 120W toroidal transformer PSU... - Tawe 08:27:15 03/8/06 (0)
- Yes (but mainly Bugle ) Foreplay). - ToddM 07:52:14 03/8/06 (0)
- Eico HF-85 - castironandtubes 06:59:04 03/8/06 (0)
- BAT VK-P5 11 toobz, count 'em! - Bruce from DC 06:53:53 03/8/06 (0)
- Nakamichi CA-7A Solid State with a great phono stage. - joeychitwood 06:48:24 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Gary 06:26:58 03/8/06 (0)
- Radio Shack clock radio - darkstar 06:10:00 03/8/06 (0)
- Solid state integrated and separate hybrid phono stage. nt - tketcham 05:58:43 03/8/06 (0)
- Integrated Amp as Preamp - briggs 05:51:25 03/8/06 (0)
- Wright Sound WPL20 tubed pre w/ phono... - rrsands 04:52:19 03/8/06 (1)
- Killer setup... - darkmoebius 14:35:48 03/8/06 (0)
- CJ Premier 17LS2, custom-made tubed phonostage - Dave Pogue 04:45:54 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - robinje 04:20:03 03/8/06 (0)
- Tube preamp and separate tube phono preamp. (nt) - JCS 04:19:16 03/8/06 (0)
- All tubes - Ear 834P (NT) - Capt. Z 03:56:12 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - profbrookes 03:14:39 03/8/06 (1)
- * Lost title - AudioNoteKits Kit1 Phono Stage Sig. to PQ Signature Kit1 integrated (all tube/DIY) - profbrookes 03:18:04 03/8/06 (0)
- DIY Pre-amp + Clearaudio Symmetry (System #1), Musical Fidelity X-LP (System #2) - arnoldc 02:50:22 03/8/06 (0)
- SS, Built in, Creek CAS 4040, great little amp/phonostage. - freefallrob 02:35:09 03/8/06 (0)
- Tube win, tubes win - violinist3 02:31:42 03/8/06 (0)
- NAD C352, NAD PP2 (nt) - DOUBTINGTHOMAS29 02:29:06 03/8/06 (0)
- Hybrid stage: Counterpoint SA 3000 w. Amperex ECC88 orange globe - Nordwest 01:30:58 03/8/06 (1)
- Re: Hybrid stage: Counterpoint SA 3000 w. Amperex ECC88 orange globe - Jeff Maxson 05:09:55 03/8/06 (0)
- Solid state line and outboard phono - Alex M 01:25:59 03/8/06 (0)
- Dynavector P-75 - XLR8OR 01:21:41 03/8/06 (0)
- Quad 99, built-in RIIA - Zombie 01:17:09 03/8/06 (3)
- Re: Quad 99, built-in RIIA - seven 12:41:28 03/8/06 (2)
- Re: Quad 99, built-in RIIA - Zombie 12:51:16 03/8/06 (1)
- Re: Quad 99, built-in RIIA - seven 10:40:29 03/9/06 (0)
- cary 98 & Pass Xono - Shane from AUS 00:39:31 03/8/06 (0)
- DIY 12ax7 based phono and preamp (nt) - ffrr 23:55:57 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Paul C. 23:26:19 03/7/06 (0)
- diy tubes: Hagerman Cornet and Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid - mark maloof 23:23:22 03/7/06 (0)
- Tubes: Hagerman Cornet+Clarinet :-) - Eric H 23:14:30 03/7/06 (0)
- Solid state/seperate/Plinius M14/superb nt. - Hergest Ridge 23:08:02 03/7/06 (0)
- Counterpoint SA-1000 Fully Upgraded With Built-in Phono. - Cougar 22:31:50 03/7/06 (1)
- Forgot to mention I'm in the process of building an Aikido preamp. nt. - Cougar 22:37:35 03/7/06 (0)
- Thorens TD 085 Solid State (NT) - eis 22:29:46 03/7/06 (0)
- ARC SP9-MKII, tubes, phono built in. (nt) - sleeper 22:21:26 03/7/06 (0)
- conrad-johnson PV-10A; all tube; built-in (nt) - JoeLip 21:56:51 03/7/06 (0)
- Hovland HP-200 - FolkFreak 21:27:37 03/7/06 (0)
- AES PH-1 (tube phono), into Almarro A205A Amp - LeBob 21:12:52 03/7/06 (0)
- Nagra PL-P.... - robert young 21:03:23 03/7/06 (6)
- yes you are! - trav 21:26:39 03/7/06 (5)
- a quartet! yikes! - robert young 06:03:13 03/8/06 (4)
- it would be soooo worth it - trav 09:11:43 03/8/06 (3)
- Re: it would be soooo worth it - robert young 09:16:02 03/8/06 (2)
- I have not heard the Joule-Electra - trav 09:27:42 03/8/06 (1)
- thanks! - robert young 16:23:16 03/8/06 (0)
- Juicy Music Audio - blackwax@mac.com 21:01:37 03/7/06 (0)
- Musical Fidelity LP^2 and Adcom GFP565 - timb5881 20:56:56 03/7/06 (0)
- Bottlehead Seduction /nt\ - arturo7 20:44:49 03/7/06 (0)
- The thing attached to the amplifier.... - Bung 20:44:30 03/7/06 (3)
- Re: The thing attached to the amplifier.... - Annalog 04:49:39 03/8/06 (1)
- Coorect, I think this mod adds more air and space to the... - Bung 16:31:15 03/8/06 (0)
- A tube thing, BTW. n/t - Bung 20:48:03 03/7/06 (0)
- Cambridge Audio - paulj 20:30:06 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Annalog 20:22:22 03/7/06 (0)
- Quicksilver Audio "remote preamp" separate EAR 834P (nt) - Craiger56@aol.com 20:12:54 03/7/06 (0)
- Cary SLP-98 (Tubed) pre./Rogue Stealth SS phono. (NT) - srdavis2000 19:41:25 03/7/06 (0)
- Conrad Johnson PV2a / Linto - Paul G. 19:37:05 03/7/06 (0)
- 60 tubes when vinyl plays and bi-amping - oldvinyl 19:21:03 03/7/06 (1)
- yeah! - Sherlock 19:31:50 03/7/06 (0)
- Cambridge Audio - paulj 19:07:35 03/7/06 (1)
- Re: Cambridge Audio - rpmman 10:10:11 03/8/06 (0)
- phono, pre amp and amp..all tubed...nt - tao 18:58:13 03/7/06 (0)
- Tubed preamp + Tubed phono stage.. - SHIF 18:57:43 03/7/06 (0)
- Herron Pre and Phono Units - rgordonpf 18:55:05 03/7/06 (0)
- Cat Ultimate w/Bent Mu - ironbut 18:54:22 03/7/06 (0)
- ARC SP-11 built in phono.n/t - no0sand1s 18:34:41 03/7/06 (0)
- Musical Fidelity The Preamp - driver99 18:29:55 03/7/06 (0)
- on my systems, but it's ... - docw 18:29:37 03/7/06 (0)
- Bottlehead Foreplay II and just upgraded to III - Paully 18:15:58 03/7/06 (0)
- Fisher 500C with HT preamp - F Robert Simms 18:11:56 03/7/06 (0)
- Canto Sirena phono preamp nt - JimL 18:11:38 03/7/06 (0)
- Norh ACA 2B with Bottlehead Seduction - stevenk 17:48:33 03/7/06 (0)
- Bel Canto Phono 1 into an Arcam A85 integrated - trav 17:45:50 03/7/06 (2)
- Re: Bel Canto Phono 1 into an Arcam A85 integrated - Rudiver 03:08:39 03/8/06 (1)
- I am very curious - trav 09:14:15 03/8/06 (0)
- Monolithic Sound PS-2 - Seperate and solid state (nt) - Astroman 17:31:40 03/7/06 (0)
- Quad 34 pre-amp - Ryan T 17:24:41 03/7/06 (0)
- Tubed - lenzkap 17:16:14 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Conrad-Johnson Premier 17 - eso 17:06:07 03/7/06 (0)
- Conrad Johnson PV1 and PV2a... - HOK 17:05:58 03/7/06 (0)
- Dynavector P-75 - Silverado 17:03:12 03/7/06 (0)
- Dynavector P-75 - bhoage 16:59:19 03/7/06 (0)
- BAT P10SE with Superpak , BAT VK51SE - rgurney 16:57:07 03/7/06 (0)
- 2: DACT Phono stage is external and tube phono stage - grinagog 16:53:50 03/7/06 (0)
- Conrad Johnson EF-1 (nt) - oem 16:35:09 03/7/06 (0)
- NAD C320BEE integrated, NAD PP2 phono pre - Orso 16:25:31 03/7/06 (1)
- Re: NAD C320BEE integrated, NAD PP2 phono pre - rrsands 04:54:05 03/8/06 (0)
- Currently, ML Ref. No. 32. . . - LarryI 16:20:47 03/7/06 (2)
- Re: Currently, ML Ref. No. 32. . . - sanesmith 13:58:10 03/8/06 (1)
- Re: Currently, ML Ref. No. 32. . . - LarryI 07:26:06 03/9/06 (0)
- Bryston BP-25P - renhoek 16:15:05 03/7/06 (1)
- Bryston BP-25MC here - activeM&Kman 19:56:32 03/7/06 (0)
- SimAudio P-5003 Gold Aero dB45 sign.... - zigggy 16:13:41 03/7/06 (0)
- Cary SLP-05 tubed preamp - Sherlock 16:06:44 03/7/06 (0)
- Conrad Johnson PV1 tube preamp - LesF 16:01:58 03/7/06 (0)
- Tube/SS hybrid phono into all tube preamp into SS amp - MintVinyl 15:49:41 03/7/06 (0)
- Manley Shrimp, tube......nt - jhorowitz128 15:47:49 03/7/06 (0)
- I have the Garrard MRM-101's... - landshark74 15:42:13 03/7/06 (0)
- Tube Integrated and a Solid State Phono nt - Plinko 15:39:14 03/7/06 (0)
- Rouge Audio Stealth into an Anthem AVM-20 - dtyoshih 15:38:42 03/7/06 (0)
- Sansui 1000A tube receiver as preamp. MC40 amps nt - www.records 15:33:22 03/7/06 (0)
- One solid state one integrated (2 systems) - sssand2 15:31:34 03/7/06 (0)
- Hagerman Bugle to passive - MylesJ 15:31:05 03/7/06 (0)
- Sonic Euphoria PLC in the vinyl system. - kenster 15:15:31 03/7/06 (0)
- Solid-state, separate solid state phono stage. nt - charlies824 15:14:01 03/7/06 (0)
- Shure SE1 Transcription - jweiss 15:12:14 03/7/06 (0)
- Trigon Vanguard II into Simaudio Moon i-5 - riffer 15:12:07 03/7/06 (0)
- Hybrid SS phone section w/tube line stage-TAD-150 nt - risabet 14:57:38 03/7/06 (0)
- SS Phono=Phonomena, Preamp=MF CDPre24 (nt) - Stale 14:53:48 03/7/06 (0)
- Bottlehead Foreplay II - olddude55 14:52:01 03/7/06 (0)
- Art Audio Vinyl One (tubes) - nt - Terry P 14:45:06 03/7/06 (0)
- Tube Box (nt) - Hugh Jass 14:36:25 03/7/06 (4)
- I've also got the Tube Box.... - full nine 18:39:28 03/7/06 (3)
- Sorry, no tube rolling yet. (nt) - Hugh Jass 20:11:49 03/7/06 (0)
- I am using a Grado Statement Sonata. . . - Hugh Jass 20:10:08 03/7/06 (1)
- thanks.....nt - full nine 21:37:12 03/7/06 (0)
- blue circle bc3 & dynavector p-75 (nt) - noroom4squares 14:35:22 03/7/06 (0)
- Atma-Sphere MP3 with Jensen x-former mod. in phono - RSG 14:28:47 03/7/06 (0)
- Sim Audio Celeste A-5003 (Solid state) (NT) - Fred J 14:26:56 03/7/06 (0)
- self built tube - Tre' 14:22:30 03/7/06 (0)
- Tubes-Aesthetix Rhea & Calypso (nt) - tnewell 14:22:07 03/7/06 (0)
- No Preamp - 4yanx 14:15:23 03/7/06 (3)
- a phono stage is a pre-amp... - Tre' 14:26:39 03/7/06 (2)
- Whatever - 4yanx 14:49:21 03/7/06 (1)
- I'm laughing now :-) - Tre' 16:50:50 03/7/06 (0)
- Seperates - transformer volume control, solid state MM/MC stages.. - darkmoebius 14:12:14 03/7/06 (0)
- I use both tube & transistors phonostages. (long) - cheap-Jack 13:58:51 03/7/06 (0)
- Bellari VP129 phono into Jolida 202 (tube)... - dean_martin 13:55:06 03/7/06 (0)
- Gold Aero db45 into an ATL-10A - GTF 13:47:29 03/7/06 (0)
- Bottlehead Seduction, S&B TVC _nt - NewbieBaby 13:46:34 03/7/06 (0)
- Audiolab 8000A - Robert S. 13:46:20 03/7/06 (0)
- ARC SP-9II, tube, phono built-in. (nt) - reelsmith. 13:42:34 03/7/06 (0)
- Copland CTA301/tubes/built in phono MM only/nt - Nasty 13:38:08 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - AnalogJ 13:33:52 03/7/06 (0)
- Sutherland PhD (ss) =) Herron VTSP-2 (tube) nt - TWR 13:30:41 03/7/06 (0)
- Tube: Rogue 99 Magnum w/internal tube phono (nt) - Older Brother Gert 13:30:32 03/7/06 (1)
- Ditto, except I'm using AR PH-5 rather than internal stage (NT) - anson 09:14:04 03/8/06 (0)
- only valve pre/phono - Frank Waller 13:26:42 03/7/06 (0)
- Hagerman Bugle w/PSU - Scottrt 13:26:22 03/7/06 (0)
- Linn Linto phono/Klimax Kontrol line - Solid state nt - Jim E 13:24:42 03/7/06 (0)
- deHavilland Mercury ....Antique Sound Labs phono - B.Zak 13:21:17 03/7/06 (0)
- Rogue Cronus integrated. Stealth phono pre. /nt\ - HenryH 13:17:21 03/7/06 (0)
- MFA.... All the Way! - Tedmc 13:11:07 03/7/06 (0)
- SS Parasound PLD 2000, Cary tube phono and step up - jbangelfish 13:09:48 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - AZ_Gary 13:07:36 03/7/06 (0)
- Audible Illusions Modulus 3a with - kavakidd 13:04:46 03/7/06 (0)
- SS - Pass Labs Aleph Ono - marc g. 13:03:09 03/7/06 (0)
- Klyne Audio Arts line and phono, SS with ... - garth 13:02:32 03/7/06 (0)
- Mac C2200 but use a Pass Pearl phono pre n/t - doodlebug 13:00:56 03/7/06 (1)
- Adcom GFP 750inPassive, Pass Pearl phono - notalent 06:07:23 03/8/06 (0)
- Tube Research Labs phono and Transistor Research Labs ST-225 integrated. nt - Jack Seaton 12:59:18 03/7/06 (0)
- Cary SLP98L pre and Eastern Electric MiniMax phono nt - claud 12:59:09 03/7/06 (0)
- Poll Question-Preamp - Steelhead 12:43:32 03/7/06 (0)
- Solid State, with phono boards. Ayre K-1XE -nt - Raiderman 12:42:29 03/7/06 (0)
- Hagerman Bugle - pkonin 12:38:49 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - nutbatter 12:35:19 03/7/06 (0)
- Tubes- the obvious... - larryLR 12:31:53 03/7/06 (0)
- hagerman bugle- setup for aMC 60 db (nt) - trioderob 12:29:19 03/7/06 (1)
- Re: hagerman bugle- setup for aMC 60 db (nt) - OMalley 18:53:19 03/10/06 (0)
- Hagerman Bugle with PSU (NT) - classicalltheway 12:29:17 03/7/06 (0)
- Which system? - DAT 12:22:09 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Bob Rex 12:16:31 03/7/06 (1)
- CARY PH-302 - lotus 23:40:23 03/7/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - Ken Perkins 12:12:42 03/7/06 (2)
- Ken! Call B&K and ask about factory mods - Muzikmike 14:52:07 03/7/06 (1)
- Thanks for the heads up! - Ken Perkins 06:04:25 03/8/06 (0)
- Re: Interesting Poll Question. What type of preamp are you using? - OMalley 12:11:48 03/7/06 (0)
- Starting later today.... - EdAInWestOC 12:09:34 03/7/06 (1)
- A bribe is always the best way to get your family to help out! (NT) - tubesforever 12:25:16 03/7/06 (0)
- none of the above - musiclistener 12:04:23 03/7/06 (0)
Follow Ups
- K&K Audio Phono Pre w/ TVC .. woohoo! - Queg 03/8/0611:22:48 03/8/06 (1)
- Same here..... - Ozzy 12:14:25 03/8/06 (0)