Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier

Joe,
You touched on what the preamp does for me. "Captivating" is a nice descriptive word.

Gammajo. I fill is very accurate with his description of our AH. The more I listen whether to relax, or to listen critically. I realise how much more natural all instruments are coming across including placement of the performers. I listen to Vinyl most of the time, but with the recent purchase of my AH, I have been playing CD's quite often and find these qualities to shine through both. I also come from a SS Preamp, one obvious difference was the liveliness of the music, everything seems to be played in front of you as opposed to listening to the acoustics of the studio which I have found in some systems nice, but not for me.

Gammajo,

You described it very well. My original brief review was posted on the Audio Horizons website, similar to yours.

I think we're all on the same page here as far as sonic descriptives are concerned, and that says a LOT.

The TP 2.0 combines the classic tube sound without the added artifacts yet remains neutral with a natural warmth.

It also slams out the yang-yang with micro and macro dynamics and a dead quiet background.

My next move is sending Joseph my CEC transport "which he is very familiar with" to work some magic into.

I also agree with RX8man in that both micro and macro dynamics are superb. One of the many attributes that makes Joseph's preamp so "captivating".

It's been mentioned before in various threads that Joseph can work wonders with older, as well as newer, tuners. If you have an older,analog tuner, for @ $300.00 Joseph can turn it into one of your favorite used sources. I find myself listening to my local NPR college station quite often into the late hours.