I have a Carver and a Hafler preamp in my collection. Along with the Sherwood 6040 amp. I'd say it's a toss-up between the two preamps. Though the Hafler has the pedigree of being designed by Erno Borbeley (who did all the Hafler SS gear).
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These guys offer significant(and reasonably priced) upgrades, for the DH-110, should you desire. ie: http://www.musicaldesign.com/MC_Haf_premod.html Just FYI: With the 110; an MC phono stage was optional(something to ask a seller about, if a concern). The Hafler is fully discrete(no op-amps in signal path). The later productions(black pebble finish/Rockford) had gold-plated RCAs, metal-film resistors and went to Polypropylene capacitors, from Polystyrene(desirable changes). |
what does the robbergerman NOT have in his vast collection ? i built so many 110, 101, 200, etc putting myself thru University....a very competent preamp and others have mentioned more “ off the shelf” modification available.... BUT Ralph makes a good point, you have lots of choices...ONE of my favorite low. $ ss preamps is the acoustat RP-2 or in tubes a CJ PV-2 or Ralphs entry level pre.... |
Can't comment on the Carver, but had the Hafler 110 built as a kit by myself. It worked great, but compared to some of the similar pre's of the time, I thought the Hafler was a bit on the hard sounding side, mostly noticed in the upper mids. Was slight, but audible. I purchased a used B&K Pro 5 preamp and found it better sounding. As Ralph says, there are others than these two. |
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