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Tube Sound With Equalization?

I currently have and Benchmark preamp and amp playing into full range drivers. The sound is very neutral as expected, but recently I was able to demo a Mac MA352 Hybrid Integrated amp with a tube pre and solid state amp. I found the sound to have more decay, especially in the mids, and more pronounced with stringed instruments. I was wondering if an equalizer would be able to recapture some of those qualities, and what would the settings be?

koestner
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knighttodd
209 posts
 

TMR has a Modwright tube buffer used at a decent price. I think it also has balanced inputs.

soix
9,810 posts
 

No to the equalizer as others have said.  Sell the Benchmark pre and get a tube preamp.  

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thriftyaudio
65 posts
 

I sold my Benchmark and got a LTA MicroZOTL Level 2.  Thought I would keep the Benchmark and switch out, but after hearing the MicroZOTL for a week decided to sell the LA4. Waiting to try some upgraded tubes from LTA for even more improvement.

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trivema
116 posts
 

EQ, nah, tube buffer, some…tube preamp, more. 

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panzrwagn
577 posts
 

Equalizer have their place - in the frequency domain - but what youre looking for isn't in there. 

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