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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
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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audphile1
4,891 posts
 
sell it and try something else.
cpk
190 posts
 
I'll put a vote in for the SF Line 3, very good on its right, but if you send it in to Pcx, Chris will turn it into something really really good.
snarkonmars OP
18 posts
 
Yeah, SF line 3 was in my short list but at last minute I changed my mind and got Belles. You know it happenes sometimes
:-)
jdodmead
257 posts
 
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