Preamps


I'm not unhappy with the Jeff Rowland Corus preamp,  but I don't know what I don't know. I'm currently looking for a solid state preamp with HT bypass to compare to my Jeff Rowland Corus preamp. I would like suggestions below $15K new list price to listen to. I have a Jeff Rowland 625 S2 amplifier, Antipodes DS GT music server and Chord Dave DAC. 
ricred1
Another Ayre KX-R recommendation.  They are more than your target price, but you can sometimes find them on audiogon for sale.
Ricred1:  I know something about the corus and 625 amp as I owned them and should have kept them.  If I had just ponied up and bought the uber power supply I think I’d be miles ahead of trading and selling to TRY to find something better. I would beg borrow or steal to get to try that power supply in my home. I bet jeff would help if you call him directly. It’s absolutely worth the effort imho. you’d then have something very special.
4425,

I appreciate your concern. Unless I come into a lot of money I'm definitely not replacing my JR 625 S2. The verdict is still out on the Corus and it really depends on what I hear relative to the cost of changing preamps. I may hear some preamps that are different, but not worth changing from the Corus.
ricred1, 4425,

I just contacted Audio Research about your statement that the ARC preamps having issues with subwoofers, and they said there would be no problem.
Where did you get that info?

ozzy
ozzy
I just contacted Audio Research about your statement that the ARC preamps having issues with subwoofers
ricred1 OP
I can understand "they" may have, as AR pre’s being tube are output capacitor coupled, are used to seeing tube poweramps of up to 100kohm input, and many subs have a very low input impedance 10kohm
  
You need a big output coupling cap if you want to get down flat to 20hz with 10kohm input, and they may not be big enough.


And I just looked your sub is 10kohm input!!


Cheers George