Tube pre for class d recommendations

Would anyone care to share their experience running a tube preamp in front of some Class d amps?

owentdc01-21-2019 12:37pm

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orpheus10 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,668 posts 01-21-2019 at 07:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If class D is so good, why do you need a tube pre? Why not a class D pre?
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,088 posts 01-21-2019 at 08:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @owentdc Hi Ralph. I had the UV-1 on loan after it first came out from Alternative Audio in Dundas, Ontario. It fed the power amp of my W4S STI-1000. We couldn’t track down the buzz and I took it back. Too bad, it did give a slight tube sound that I was looking for. We’ve found that the UV-1 can be sensitive to power cords. We had a customer recently that ran into this. While all the data isn’t in, he found that by simply moving the cord around, the preamp got quiet.
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celander Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,503 posts 01-21-2019 at 08:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete orpheus10, I’m not aware of a class D preamp.