I bought a bottlehead beepre with the attenuator upgrade. It is World class. You need to get the attenuator upgrade and you need to get the weight rings for the tubes to get rid of microphonics. Once you do that it would be difficult to find anything better regardless of price. I replaced a vacuum state SVP 2 that retails for around 7000 American. The vacuum state was a great preamp that I had for many years but the bottle head was far better, it wasn't even close.
It was incredibly easy to put it together as the manual is very thorough. Someone who is a beginner could easily handle it.
Before this I honestly did not take a bottle head very seriously. Now I want to try all their stuff as I am so impressed.
It was incredibly easy to put it together as the manual is very thorough. Someone who is a beginner could easily handle it.
Before this I honestly did not take a bottle head very seriously. Now I want to try all their stuff as I am so impressed.