Tube Preamp shoot-out

Try the Kora Pre Amp, it has all the features you are looking for, but you can buy it new for what these others are selling for used. The combination of the Kora Pre Amp with the Roland will give you the best of both worlds, tubes & solid state. This pre amp kicks!

You can find Kora at JC Audio .com. Joe is great to work with & is very knowledgeable.

Good Listening

I'm a big S/F Line 3 fan.. I've got one and love it. Yes on the HT pass thru, yes on the most outstanding remote both ergonomically and feature laden,yes for a superbly neutral sound (tailor your system w/other equip. or accessories...) and yes for both single ended and fully differentially balanced inputs and outputs... not to mention exceptional build quality and reliability. A top performer and exclnt. value. To me, it's an easy choice. Good luck

Supakit, I have the EAD Ovation Plus and I also have the SFI Line 3. It is nice set up. The Line 3 is the best for music. The only problem I have, and it could be only with my system, is when I use the HT pass thru, I get a noise that is like whisper from all speakers, it's some kind of interference, it is very annoying especially at quite scenes of the movies. I have been trying to get rid of it for sometimes now, but I couldn't. Even thu I have the PS-600 that is powering all equipment with the exception of the SFI Power 3 amps and the CRT projector. I have tried different cables, power cords, different outlets, nothing worked. My understanding is EAD is very sensitive. So my advice is to try them together first. I would appreciate anyone who can help with this noise I am getting.

Why no one has considered Cj. Try the Premier 17LS - its a killer at that price esp. used at Audiogon. I feel the Rowland 5 with B&W 802s + the cj 17LS will be a killer combo! The musicality of the cjs are top class.

A word of caution about the Kora Eclipse... I owned one for over a year and I loved the sound with my 2 Plinius SA-100 amps. However, I had a serious problem whenever we had a power failure and the Kora was turned on. The 4 input fuses in each plinius would blow. These are a real pain to replace. I tried all manner of power conditoner/supply changes, but ended up switching to another pre-amp when neither Plinius or Kora folks could identify the problem.