Pre amps

Following on from previous post re epay

I, sold my AVI2000 to a genuine guy on the strength of getting the pass, now thats gone tits up I,m a little bolloxed

Being a true gent I shook on the deal on my pre so I,m not going to let the guy down and change my mind......have had that done to me more than once and it's not nice so.....suggestions for a pre amp
please.......

 

Primare Pre30:

http://www.primaresystems.com/swwwing/app/cm/Browse.jsp?PAGE=1120&PARENT=1119

Never heard it but I've heard good things about it and for about £1200 it looks like a bloody nice pre. How much you want to spend?

Michael.

 

no more than £900....... looking at s/hand or ex dem only

WM's wadia may have been an option ,but the Perpetual stuff's
bloody brilliant and I couldnt expect him too bring it across the country for me to demo,

would prefer remote if poss......fancied a ARC ls3/7 to complement the Krell......

valve or SS I,ve no bias one way or other

 

If you've got the Krell, IMO you really must go the whole hog and get the classic combination of Audio Reserach pre and Krell power.

There are a few for sale at the emporium

http://www.emporium.dircon.co.uk/Valve Amps.htm

or one at Moorgate

http://www.moorgate.demon.co.uk/

Cheers, Robbo

 

Thanx Robbo ..beat you to it...........just no remote will be a real pisser......gotta keep hauling my ass outa the chair

 

gotta do something to keep fit

 

See my posts on the ''Consonance Basie'' in the DIY section.

Its a kit amp that Consonance will build for you for an extra £150 or so on top of the kit price. You can specify any level of componentry you want.

Being a kit, it punches at a level approximately I'd say.. oooh.... 3-4 times its purchase price.

Built up, it should come in around £500-£600 which is no indication of the quality of kit - point to point wiring and choke rectified pwr supply as standard.. ceramic resistors, paper in oil caps, silver wiring, stepped attenuator all options.

PM me if you want to go that route..

Cheers
Chris

 

Hmm, I guess the ATC CA-2 at £750 new is a bit underbudget... Even so, you may want to give it a listen - it's a lovely little pre, and IMO compares well with preamps costing an awful lot more. Actually, from my limited experience of ATC's flagship £3500 SCA-2 preamp, I'd say there isn't too much difference between them.

Dunc

P.S. - You may even be able to find one secondhand for under £400 - just think of all the CDs/LPs you could buy with the £500 you'd save! :MILD:

 

PRE30

Hi Ya-Boo,

I second Michael's recommendation (£900 might get you a dem unit). The PRE30 is a state-of-the-art design at a give-a-way price. This is the latest creation of Michael Bladelius, who also designed the class leading Pass Labs and Threshold preamps. Many preamps add glare and brightness, but the PRE30 sounds as transparent as a passive, producing silken high frequencies but with a fast dynamic sound.

 

anybody have a pre amp there not using for a short term loan ?

 

Sorry Kev mate, Preamps I have no need for, and we only have one intergrated at work Dean scidb may have something he may be willing to lend you. T.

 

i have a Rotel RC870bx in the loft Ya-Boo...

 

I bought an AudioSynthesis Dax Decade directly from AS (David Heaton) for a good price (*), given that I reckonned his main marketing now was on the AS Dax Discrete. This is both a DAC and a pre-amp. David reckons that the best pre-amp is no pre-amp.

I'm very pleased with the music from the Decade which now partners the Meridian 602 transport.

I suggest that you email or phone him (PM me for details).

* I promised him that I wouldn't advertise what price we agreed, but its very good value given that no pre-amp is needed.

ditton

 

thanks guy's....just need one for a bit while I find a replacement
can't be without me music can I ?