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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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.
aball Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,016 posts 02-09-2005 at 09:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I don't care much for the PV10 although I like a lot of other CJ equipment. I think the McIntosh C712 is a much more enjoyable preamp. For about $600, the C712 is flat-out excellent. I did head-to-head comparisons with PV10, ARC LS3b, and Classe CP50. The Classe was definately the best but it is around $1000, the C712 was second, then PV10, then LS3b. IMO and in my system. Arthur
phasecorrect OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,013 posts 02-09-2005 at 11:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete any thoughts on the NAIM nac 42?

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