Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier

David,
Welcome to the most exclusive pre amp club in town.

Thank you, I hope Rhanson sees my reply to his question about the tubes functions in the preamp. I also had to reply to some meathead on another thread accusing everybody posting here to be working for AH; that this preamp couldn't possibly be as good as you'll say. Also, wondering if anyone has a balanced version of the preamp and compared the two outputs; is the balanced upgrade worth $795 as I want to order a 2.1nRB. Thanks.

David, welcome to wonderful listening and a nice thread. I tried the balanced versus RCA with my 2.0n and found the difference to be immediate and dramatic and worth the $795 easily. My brother who is not tuned to these things also easily heard the difference within 30 seconds. The RCA's were decent quality silver IC's and the Balanced ICs were AH. My feeling was that the IC's were not accounting for much of the difference. There was a more holographic sound stage, blacker background and more nuanced detail.
Joe

David,
Welcome to the AH club. I'm curious what mods were done on the TP 2.0 version you auditioned. Also, since you had an opportunity to try the 2.0 version first, I would be interested in what your thoughts are after you've had the new 2.1 version in your system for a while. Enjoy the music and don't be a stranger.

David,
I noticed that you're selling your entire main system as you're moving to Korea. I'm curious what system you are going to get to put your new TP 2.1 preamp in?