Many thanks for your input so far, good food for thought.
@sfar ar thanks had not thought of an integrated or Simaudio, I’ll look into those
@blindjim Thanks, but I’d rather do without tubes. also Carver has poor resale value here in Europe, and has to be imported so …
@maurip I hear you, not mentioned but is top of my list just worried about the power consumption when left on 18h/day :-/ I’d have to solarpower it.
@digepix @tmhaudio had not thought of YBA, had an alpha pre here not long ago to measure agains ARC and AI and it was just too dry and not engaging, maybe their power amps are different I’ll lend an ear to those, which one would you recommend, used, in a reasonable (-2000€)?
@inna had discarded them because of balanced inputs which I don’t have on my pre, may have been wrong though
@jmeinhar I’ve heard too many good things about IT and IS, yes it fits the bill and incidentally works well with LS3/5a which would make it a very flexible option for me.
@douglas_schroeder thanks for pointing the DP factor to me, I’ll read your reviews
Pass, Threshold, no one ?
@sfar ar thanks had not thought of an integrated or Simaudio, I’ll look into those
@blindjim Thanks, but I’d rather do without tubes. also Carver has poor resale value here in Europe, and has to be imported so …
@maurip I hear you, not mentioned but is top of my list just worried about the power consumption when left on 18h/day :-/ I’d have to solarpower it.
@digepix @tmhaudio had not thought of YBA, had an alpha pre here not long ago to measure agains ARC and AI and it was just too dry and not engaging, maybe their power amps are different I’ll lend an ear to those, which one would you recommend, used, in a reasonable (-2000€)?
@inna had discarded them because of balanced inputs which I don’t have on my pre, may have been wrong though
@jmeinhar I’ve heard too many good things about IT and IS, yes it fits the bill and incidentally works well with LS3/5a which would make it a very flexible option for me.
@douglas_schroeder thanks for pointing the DP factor to me, I’ll read your reviews
Pass, Threshold, no one ?