Research Rogue Audio. The RP-1 is $1.5K and the RP-5 is $3.5k . I really like my RP-1 and the folks at Rogue have been really confidence inspiring on the phone. Only issue is no Balanced out until you get up to the RP-7.
Tube Preamps.....
I am running 2 GFA 565 Musical Comcepts modded Amps with Vandersteen 2ce v2. I am looking for a good quality tube preamp. With or without a built in dac. Should I stick with shopping for a used Mac? Or should I look at others also. Suggestions? Like to keep it under $3000. Could stretch to 3500. Thanks for your input.
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This is a gorgeous sounding preamp in the listings $500 under your budget.... https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8fg1h-synthesis-art-in-music-ecstasy-line-level-tube-pre-amp-tu... No affiliation with the seller but my local dealer Deja Vu Audio is the US importer for Synthesis so I've heard their gear many times. Very transparent organic warm and musical and being Italian very stylish looking. |
+1 @whitestix on the Sachs pre. He also offers a short in-home trial, which is a real plus, and the fact that this would be new rather than used is also kinda nice. At your price you could do lots of Don's upgrades to create a really nice pre. On the used side, there's a nice Backert Rhumba 1.2 listed at $2400. But if you can stretch your budget just a bit there's an Allnic L3000 mkii reduced to $3700 that looks like a great buy as its listed retail is $13,000 (there are nice reviews of the original model from Audio Beat and Dagogo comparing it to other nice preamps). I have to say if I'm you I'd have a tough time passing this one up as it seems like a truly top-level and potentially end-game component -- if there is such a thing. Best of luck. |
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