What is the quietest preamp you've used?

Can you also please tell me whether you were using balanced or se ins/outs? Thanks.

matti07-26-2005 3:11pm

valleyplastic Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 149 posts 07-26-2005 at 05:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Audio Research LS25 "Balanced" So quiet it was scary. Plus it was the BEST pre I ever had.
raquel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 841 posts 07-26-2005 at 07:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My Rowland Coherence II. It is battery-powered and dead quiet. It is a fully differential balanced design. You pose a very important question. It was not until I lived with a super-quiet preamp that I understood the importance of noise to a preamp's performance -- low noise is crucial to high performance in a preamp.
elevick Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,636 posts 07-26-2005 at 07:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Creek OBH-12 Creek guarantees it to not affect the music one bit. Totally passive unit.
magnepanmike Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 57 posts 07-26-2005 at 08:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Pass Labs X1 using balanced ins and outs.
jhorowitz128 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 37 posts 07-26-2005 at 08:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Manley Shrimp w/RCA's. Unbelievably quiet...that's why I bought it.