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A decent preamp for Altec 604 speakers

I am addicted to high efficiency speakers. I own Altec 620 monitors (6048G). Outstanding but require very good electronic. The mids tend to magnify poor elements ... Some told me to get a tube preamp... I had a few tube amps in the past and got sick of all the care they need. So I rather go with SS. I need transparency and a very smooth medium. I listen to vinyl, mostly acoustic and electric pop. Up to 1k for a used gear. Thanx.
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hiend312cdfe
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Ive used thier seperate componants for years, you cannot beat the compression driver its great. Getting the woofer portion to match is the biggest thing and the woofer handles a large amount of frequencys (full midrange) ect. Id look for the most extended gear for the frequency extremes. I hear your looking into solid state Krell ksa150 would be nice would really take a hold of those 15's but not make the compression driver go crazy either. Id like to hear them myself with rogue 120 mono tube amps, these are not typical solid state, they will push you back in your seat with that 96 db efficency. Both of those are 1400 or so anyway good luck.
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rwbadley
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I have the 604 D and have found tubes really sweet with these speakers. While not knowing a SS amp to recommend, I would suggest a nice integrated, maybe like the sli-80. Don't need much power, you could go all the way down to a 7 watt set and still drive the 604 very nicely.
hiend312cdfe
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Im sorry I shuld have looked at you ad more clearly You need a preamp.
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alaindexe OP
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thanx to everyone. Joel, the BP 25 was on my list. Never heard the meitner. But it seems more tricky to use since there is no volume on the machine. I would have to use the remote and I am not very comfortable with the idea of being dependant on a remote. Thanks again to everyone...
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