So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy!

@emergingsoul

i am quite well, thanks

your posts, however, simply evoke an unavoidable reaction

you can do better than continually post this abject nonsense, or can you?

consider it a challenge... make this place better for all of us...

Bal and single ended, prefer balanced.

If running balanced, you have the opportunity to eliminate interconnect cable interaction with your system, which otherwise can lead to expensive interconnect cables to get the system to sound right.


The only thing is, with balanced lines there is a standard which must be supported to allow this to happen. Most high end audio preamps that are balanced do not support the standard, which is also known as AES48. When looking into balanced preamps its a good idea to ask if the preamp supports this standard; if not you may find that single-end sounds just as good. But if the preamp does support the standard, there won't be any going back to single-ended.

Atmasphere,
thanks, didnt know this.

Hello......there are nice transistor preamps that sound like tubes. Audio Research and others. Preamps don't clip like power amps, so tubes are less of an issue. My Audio Research Line Stage 3 is very pleasing and lacks only a phono stage but I don't care.

Tim Martin, E-Tech Systems Scottsdale

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