genjamon: thanks for the response. I had put getting a preamp on hold for a few months but am thinking of it again. I did review some info on the Don Sachs and based on that and your experience with this and others I am seriously thinking of adding a preamp to my LM518 again. I like what you said about the Don Sachs...similar to what I enjoy sonically. Couple questions: I assume you hook it up into the LM pre in rather than other inputs? And what interconnects are you using between the pre and LM?
I just rolled in new 845 tubes....Shugang Replica WE845. Very recent so not fully ready to make a report out but the are sounding very nice out of the box. Also one of my Psvane TII 12ax7 tubes died so I have reinstalled the original tubes for now. Any thoughts on a good upgrade for the 12ax7s?
soundsrealaudio: also checked out the Ultraverve....looks very interesting too. Couldn't seem to find current cost? Do you know?
Thanks
I just rolled in new 845 tubes....Shugang Replica WE845. Very recent so not fully ready to make a report out but the are sounding very nice out of the box. Also one of my Psvane TII 12ax7 tubes died so I have reinstalled the original tubes for now. Any thoughts on a good upgrade for the 12ax7s?
soundsrealaudio: also checked out the Ultraverve....looks very interesting too. Couldn't seem to find current cost? Do you know?
Thanks