Shindo lab pre amps

I use a Shindo Monbrison with a Shindo Montrachet amplifier hooked up to Avalon Indras and a Clearaudio turntable. My dealer (Coup de Foudre Audio) also said that other preamps including Spectrals sounded broken compared to Shindo.
Not having spent an enormous amount of time with the competition, all I can say is that you can listen all day to music. I can go through, literally, 20-30 records in a day (when/if I have time) and have literally zero listening fatigue, while being engaged in the music.

The Vosne-Romanee is the best preamp I have ever heard and not by a small margin. I even prefer it to the Giscours which is considerably more expensive. If you partner it with a Shindo amp (my preference is the Montrachet), and if you have 95-100+ dB efficient speakers which present a simple and relatively non-reactive load, you may well reach Nirvana.

Hi John,

that is interesting...i have spent several concerted hours in my home with the massetto, so have some familiarity with Shindo sound in my system.

Why do you prefer the vosne-romanee to the more expensive Giscours? my speakers are big but are relatively efficient 95db with roughly avg 5ohm load. thanks for your advice!

Reading this thread makes me regret selling my Auregies-L recently. It was a wonderful preamplifier, but I was having room issues which were taking the fun out of listening.

I can only imagine how the more expensive Shindo pres sound...

Agree that the Vosne-Romanee is a special piece of equipment. IMO, Art Dudley's review late last year nailed it. I moved from the Masetto to the VR and the level of detail increased tremendously while the tonal quality became slightly darker, more autumnal in quality. If my place was burning down and I could only salvage one piece of gear, it would be the VR.