Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used

Looking for tube or solid state pre with very good phono stage...willing to go used and go with an older model if sound quality is superior...any models come to mind?

phasecorrect02-09-2005 2:52am

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bobspeak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 21 posts 02-09-2005 at 02:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Conrad-Johnson PV-10 Hard to beat for the money !!!!!
elevick Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,636 posts 02-09-2005 at 05:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have 2 favorites: Classe 30 for around $400 or a Sumo Athena for about $250. They both sound awesome with nice phono. I really like the MFA better than both of these plus it promotes tube rolling. The problem with the MFA is dual volume controls can be annoying. The Classe has remote, sumo does not.
czbbcl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,752 posts 02-09-2005 at 06:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I second the vote for the Conrad Johnson PV10 tubed pre-amp. Chuck
eagleman6722 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 217 posts 02-09-2005 at 06:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ARC SP 9 MK2- Use NOS tubes. I had some Amperex 7308 USN-CEP. Keep in mind that this unit is a Hybrid. Uses tubes for output. Great phono with a lot of gain. Can be had around 600. Eagleman
dusty Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 60 posts 02-09-2005 at 07:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Conrad Johnson PV-5. A Classic. The only reason that you can find one for $500 is because it was very popular during it's production run. At least 3 TAS and one Sterophile reviewer used them as reference preamps during the eighties.

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