Adcom tuner/preamps......

P.SD from chaz
Forgot to mention one the one I have which is the poor mans Dynalan\b or or McIntosh.Yamagha made some VERY good tuner at a few price points.Mine is a cult classic the T2 which cost $750 15 years ago.Find one in good working order and you' be happyu as a clam but it will cost a few more bucks than th Adcom.Still think Adcom is a good a good bet for reasonabl money.
Chazz

Used an Adcom GTP 500 II tuner/preamp for 13 years and it worked fine. Then one day I was moving equipment around and tried a vintage Marantz receiver as a preamp instead and the sound was significantly different ... in favor of the Marantz.

Why not just get a receiver? The Outlaw Audio RR2150 is an excellent two channel receiver for the money ($600). NAD also makes the C720BEE (C320BEE amplifier with a tuner) for about the same money. There is also the Denon DRA 395 ($350). The Yamaha 657 HT receiver (replaced by the 659) was well reviewed for its excellent amplifier section ($500).

Receivers will more than suffice for budget/bedroom/office purposes. By the way, who cares if the purists frown ... for the most part they wouldn't even bother to investigate what is available/possible at the budget points.

Monitors from companies like NHT (like the discontinued SB2 or SB3) or Wharfedale (Diamond 9 series) and CD players from Cambridge Audio work very well with these receivers.

Regards, Rich

Yes...they will nicely do in a budget system. I own an Adcom GTP-400 tuner/preamp and within the past year purchased an Adcom GTP-602 tuner/preamp. They are great sounding units with decent tuners.