VAC Signature Preamplifier mkII

Difference makes the world go round.... :-)

Congrats on everyone lovin their pre. Brian, welcome to the Ren Sig Family!

Just pray you never have to have it fixed!

I will echo Art - 2 x 300.1's = outstanding bass.
Kurt - If you are serious about getting Kevin's great amp(s), send me a PM - I might be able to assist in a way you will appreciate.

Don't have the Ren Sig preamp yet, but getting by OK with the VAC Phi 2.0 preamp, not exactly a slouch...

The new [janus] signature is a whole different animal. They sound just as good as the IO.

As some parts updates in the new Janus will no doubt improve the performance, no matter what is done here, the Janus will NEVER have the magic of an Io or Callisto, signature or not. So much of what is going on in the Jupiter series products is about the power supply design. And this is what gives the Jupiter products the incredible dimensionality that comes off quite flat upon returning to the Saturn series.

Kurt_Tank, I agree with the issue of the Aesthetix products not having the ultimate in a low noise floor, due to tube noise, but once the music gets going, it quickly becomes irrelevant. Many claims of noisy Aesthetix products has been the issue of the old resistors used and people not taking care to find the required quad of ultra-low-noise tubes on the input of an Io or Rhea. But I agree, even with getting the tube noise way way down, as I did with an Io and Callisto signature pair, the background was not at all "black" as it is now with the Aria preamp.

If I could only hear the Ren Sig preamp vs. the Aria. Now this would be interesting.

Where are you located Jafox? I would love to hear both together as well! Michael was not in a position a couple years back to get me a demo or I could easily be an Aria owner today as I am a VAC owner...