Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier

Gammajo, wonderful review. Your words are well chosen and I am enjoying the very same experience with this preamp. Nice job.

I could not agree more with your comment that I love this preamp not because it is different, but because it does not sound like a stereo. It does sound more like a live performance.

Best preamp I have ever auditioned or owned in my systems over the years.

No reason not to try one as AH offers a trial period that is no risk. If a preamp exsists that sounds better at even triple the cost, I have not heard it.

Baranyi, I have owned the Cortese and Syrah preamps from Supratek and both are very good. I did not use the phono sections however. As a line stage the AH preamp is superior to my ears to both these units. It is more dynamic,much more quiet, more powerful bass, more neutral, equal in rendering of natural tone. The AH far exceeds the Supratek units in terms of clarity, intimacy and imaging. It sounds more live and engaging!

If you don't need phono, the AH unit is the easy choice. Joseph is also here in the USA with a 3 year warranty.

Bill

The TP 2.0 preamp with my recent VAC 220 monos is a heavenly listening experience,
very musically correct and satisfying.

I'm calling off work for a couple days !

Excellent review Joe,you correctly espoused what many of us feel.Now if we can only get Joseph to build an amp....

Thanks for the positive feedback, Bill and Mark. my plesasure to help spread the word. Yes, if Joseph builds it, we will come!
Just ordered cca's for postions #1&3 and early 60's gray plate Siemens for #2&4. Plus Herbie tube dampers. Will be interesting to see what that does.
Also I have been getting great results with a strange tweak. Instead of the myrlewood blocks under the preamp, I am using a tweak that cost me about 20 cents. From Lowes, I obtained a six foot length of polystyrine pipe insulation (a spongy black tube). I cut 1 1/2 inch rings off of this and placed four of them under the preamp. I also have them under my DAC and Transport. My oak shelves are not isolated well from the floor. This wells well for me in this situation.

Gammajo,

Where did you order your tubes?

Thanks