Need new pre amp
Back in 1992 I bought a new bryston 4b sst amp and a linn pretek preamp my preamp gave out and the left channel is toast. Now i have a rel s/510 and a pair of dyn audio special 40 speakers . Now I have a linn lp12 sondeck turn tabel with a linn adikt cartridge I play a lot of vynal as well as stream quobus or listen to my cd's I have a tascam ss-cdr1 and a blue tooth reciever that picks up from my phone and sends it to the preamp now am I best to have the preamp repaired or go with a new preamp. And do I go tube or sold state I am looking for a warm organic sould because of vynal and if I go new pre amp I want xlr out to the amp at least 2 xlr inputs 4 rca analog input and 2 digital inputs phono input would be nice but not required I can get a phono preamp if needed thank you Mal11963
@jbuhl , are those truly balanced circuits you are going in and out to and from? Or are they "balanced in name only" (BINO)? At least from the source to the pre, if truly balanced, I would think you would experience more gain (which is not necessarily a good thing). |
@jasonbourne71 while I do agree that XLR isn't better for home use, Bryston 4BSST is fully balanced amplifier and it would benefit from balanced wires with +6db Same applies for 3B |
@immatthewj They only way I have to tell is from the reviews on my DAC (wadia 321) and Amp (Quad Artera Stereo) and both have indicated they are fully balanced design. |
If I was on a budget I would look at Rogue RP-7. If I wanted solid state it would be Jeff Rowland Capri I have been very happy with my Audio Research. I started with LS, now I am with REF 6SE. I recently toured the factory - I cannot see how any manufacturer could be more meticulous about crafting a preamp. Just incredible sounding and built. Interesting that the highest end manufacturers of speakers all send samples to ARC for their evaluation.
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