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

rwwear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,867 posts 07-27-2005 at 12:52am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have a Counterpoint SA-3 that is so quiet no sound even comes out of it.
1markr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 594 posts 07-27-2005 at 01:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dehavilland Ultra Verve, First Sound Presence Deluxe mkII
mitch4t Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,610 posts 07-27-2005 at 01:44am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Audio Research LS 10 solid state preamp using balanced interconnects...it was run through a BPT line conditioner. Dead quiet...eerily quiet. The sounds came out nowhere in a pitch black background.
jond Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,778 posts 07-27-2005 at 01:57am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete In terms of tubed preamps the quietest I've yet used, and to a large degree, is my current Herron VTSP1A/166. It is fantasticly quiet as well as great sounding. If you are up to considering tubes, I highly recommend it. It's completely single ended, as is the rest of my system.
hifimaniac Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 508 posts 07-27-2005 at 03:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Krell KCT