Top ten tube preamps

What are your top 10 tube line stage preamps of all time?

samuellaudio01-06-2007 9:26am

madfloyd Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 411 posts 05-01-2010 at 11:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Best tube pre I've ever heard: Audio Valve Eclipse Worst: ARC Ref 3
nglazer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 845 posts 05-02-2010 at 01:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wyetech Opal. Timeless and legendary, with good reason. It's alive! Neal
pubul57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,712 posts 05-02-2010 at 02:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Saying the ARC Ref3 is the worst tube preamp you ever heard is a remarkable statement. I would consider myself fortunate if it were the worst I ever heard.
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pubul57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,712 posts 05-02-2010 at 07:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That Lamm LL2 Deluxe was a real sleeper, and I never knew why, maybe too "cheap" for folks to believe it could be as good as it is - I wish I had not sold that one. "Low prices" might be a "problem" for linestages like the Lightspeed Attenuator from Australia which will give any of the tube linestages mentioned in this thread a run for their money in the right system, and at $450, I mean that literally.