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So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy!

So you have $10 to $25k. What do u do??? So many names.  Cant test them cause no one nearby stocks them, and not broken in.  

What does one do??
emergingsoul
mozartfan
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yeah right a  10k pre amp will sound sooooo much better than a  1500 preamp (cayin))  yeah right, 
what a waste of money
mozartfan
2,143 posts
 
The cayin will perform equally as good as any preamp,, for alot lotTTTT less cash
invalid
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The cayin will perform equally as good as any preamp,, for alot lotTTTT less cash

Have you compared the Cayin to every preamp? There is always something better.
emergingsoul OP
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Sad there is no spec compilation matching guide to aid preamp decisions.  So i will prepare my own grid listing specs for amps/preamps/speakers for my top picks.

maybe this will help me.  Make sense?

trying to make mom happy. 
mozartfan
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Have you compared the Cayin to every preamp? There is always something better.

I made a  experiement witha   Jadis clone, 12AT7, with Mundorf caps, vs a  Jadis 20 yr old DPL, Mundorf Caps, Takman Resistors Reys.
Sure Jadis has the  finest power caps, Philips the blue ones, but really the improvement was only **miniscule**.
To me a  amp = amp\
DAC = DAC
Line Stage = line stage.
Minisclue gains here N there, Now as for 
Speakers = speakers
HUge gaps there. Each will sound completely totally differebnt from the next. 
Spaekers are everything, the rest is only minisclue gains. 
Speakers 90%++ of  the sound ina  system
the other less than 10% is split between 
DAC/CDP /Line Stage/ Amplificatrion. 
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