Top ten tube preamps

What are your top 10 tube line stage preamps of all time?

samuellaudio01-06-2007 9:26am

pubul57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,712 posts 05-02-2010 at 02:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Saying the ARC Ref3 is the worst tube preamp you ever heard is a remarkable statement. I would consider myself fortunate if it were the worst I ever heard.
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pubul57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,712 posts 05-02-2010 at 07:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That Lamm LL2 Deluxe was a real sleeper, and I never knew why, maybe too "cheap" for folks to believe it could be as good as it is - I wish I had not sold that one. "Low prices" might be a "problem" for linestages like the Lightspeed Attenuator from Australia which will give any of the tube linestages mentioned in this thread a run for their money in the right system, and at $450, I mean that literally.
c1ferrari Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 464 posts 05-03-2010 at 03:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete BAT Rex currently occupies the coveted position in my system...I'd like to audition Atma-Sphere, VAC, and Win Analog :-) Best regards, Sam
sutts Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 700 posts 05-07-2010 at 04:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Has anyone tried the Tron preamps? i.e. Seven Reference; Syren??