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Tube Pre-amp BAT, ARC, EAR, Sonic Frontiers

Hello everybody
My system is:
Accuphase dp-57
Electrocompaniet AW120
Usher Audio CP-6381

I need a preamp. After reading lots of topics i marked personally: BAT, Sonic Frontiers, ARC and EAR pre-amps. Does anyone have any ideas which one could match better? Or maybe another suggestion?
Unfortunatly I have no possibility to listen to them in my system. EAR is an exeption. I will listen to EAR-864 tomorrow. But I am more inspired of SF and BAT.
:-)
snarkonmars
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audphile1
4,891 posts
 
Also EAR added sweetness so i would prefer to keep that natural and involving impressions but subtract sweetness.

Check out ARC LS-25MkII.
fcrowder
191 posts
 
At least consider the Einstein. With NOS tubes, it is world class and very reliable.
lapierre
547 posts
 
Snakonmars,

Don't forget you can always tweak the sound by using NOS tubes. Then you can look at Interconnects and Power Cords for the preamp to help refine the sound. But your tubes will have the most impact in sound refinement.
snarkonmars OP
18 posts
 
thank you very much to everyone who paid attantion to my problem
I made up my mind to try Belles 28A reference

Time will show
:-)
snarkonmars OP
18 posts
 
Hi everyone

As I said earlier I got Belles 28A ref as a pre-amp. I am listening to my new system 2 days and impressions are not monosemantic. I got better bass control and wide scene but at the same time lost naturalness. Sound became nipped and a bit dry
:-(

I will try not to make hasty conclusions but.....

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