Reccomend me a Pre Amp

I allready have a reasonable DAC, the superdac that was modified by Wadia Meister all these years ago on this forum....

Made a big difference to the 506, much more dynamic and less fluffy sounding. I reckon the 506 transport is pretty good?

Have looked at this:

Dynavector L200

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180539220734&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and this

Audio Note M1

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370412970335&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Also this Bencmark Dac remote pre amp:

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Benchmark-DAC1-HDR-Remote-controlled-DAC-Pre-Amplifier-/250510198507?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item3a539246eb

Seems a lot opf money for a tiddly box with plasticy remote. I also have a turntable that gets very occasional use, so phono stage is handy. The benchmark doesnt have many inputs either.

Think it needs to be secondhand that I look at....

 

That M1 looks a very safe bet.

 

It's good to see that you are an Equal Opportunities Misanthrope

 

Heard one of these last weekend....

http://www.cattylink.com/page199.html

Designed by David Wright, it is easily the finest pre-amp i've heard below £1k.

 

I would try to borrow a good passive pre-amp.

.. the experiment to see, whether your power amp is happy being driven by a passive.

If it works, you could try a better passive.

Great passives are easily reachable in your budget.

It takes a very good active pre-amp to provide the neutrality of a passive. On the flip-side with the wrong amp they can sound lifeless.

I understand this is an impedence matching issue.

 

to Richard Dunn,

lol, I read with great interest your piece on Chinese ethic, social norms and all, I agree quite very much, being fully Chinese myself, got to hand it to you, nicely put;

but I would agree with Rob on the matter of hi-fi, there are decent Chinese gear just as there is a pool of badly made trash, so just trust your ears, at least that's what I go by also!

 

It was closed due to, er, derailment . If this keeps up we may have to split this thread as well.

 

fascinating piece of kit PL.

Can I ask who had it?

Would love to bag a listen to one in my system.

Fingers crossed they live near Reading

 

A wigwammer who goes by the username of ADPully.
Was a very decent unit.

 

Hi,

There is an AVI pre amp on Ebay at the moment. It's open to offers. It doesn't have a phono stage I think. You could add a stand alone stage and still be well within budget.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AVi-S2000-MP-...i_Amplifiers&hash=item335f3357f3#ht_720wt_993

SCIDB

 

Good Boy Richard Call a space a spade .The Chinese will take over the HIFI game
with their British names made in China .They worry more about money than sound
just listen with your ears not your pocket Noel W.

 

Whilst everyone was squabbleing, I've bought a scondhand Bel canto S300i integrated within budget.

Will see have to see how it goes, will keep it if I like it.

 

I too call a spade a spade. You are a bigot, Sir.

Chris

 

Where I come from a spade is a shovel, and you need to be very careful who you call a bigot, because it might offend.

Is it really necessary to use such pejorative and personal terms?

 

Well done, that will do the job nicely.

 

Hope it matches up well, nice one!

 

Thank you Chris .Yes you are well-reasoned i think i am a bigot, but i hate to see the
great old names of British Audio Quad Wharfedale gutted and sold for a pittance
all in the name of profit.But who cares i cant all we make here is Boomarangs.
Noel W.

 

Well if you throw one of my amps out the window it doesn't come back

 

And what a cracking amp it is! liked it straight out of the box.

Amazing from something so small and aethetically pleasing.

Haven't tried the USB dac yet, is there any way I can use it with my CD player?

I would need to convert SPDIF coaxial to usb, not sure if thats possible??

 

Hi angus

googled it and got this

http://www.virtualvillage.co.uk/min....html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shcomp