Preamp Deal of the Century

Good to hear guys! Looking forward to your reports...Pablo ,its breaking them in or burning them in.

Thank you Stiltskin for the clarification. English not being my first language (not even my second!), prepositions still evade me. Pablo.

Query re sauvignon linestage

I have had a sauvignon linestage for 2 years plus. It has always had an annoying hum in the left channel only. I have definitely isolated it to the preamp. It becomes almost non audible when the gain is turned down, but this also results in a loss of dynamics. I had the preamp checked out by a local valve guru and he couldn't find anything wrong. Another interesting thing is that when the remote is used, a higher frequecy humm comes from the left speaker only. I assume this is motor noise from the volume control motor?? The right channel is dead quiet. I have rolled the tubes. Currently using NOS Tung Sol's which IMHO are light years ahead of the EH stock tubes. Only yesterday I tried out a RAL umbilical cord but I think it has made the sound less musical. It is shorter than Mick's cord and the left channel hum is definitely louder. I suspect the hum is power supply related. The RAL cord is shorter than Mick's. I'm almost at the point of giving up with the Suavignon but I haven't heard anything that sounds remotely as good.

Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks Mark.

mark:

i'd suggest you email mick and see if you can't ship the sauvignon to either him or kevin covi (depending on your location) for repair. i know you stated that you had the preamp checked out, but i would tend to believe that mick or kevin could find the problem if it is indeed in the preamp as you suspect.

I spoke to Mick today and he thinks it might be picking up some ac current from a nearby transformer. I followed his suggestion and moved it well away from any power source, but still the same. Possible a faulty output transformer?? I have subsequently emailed him. Here's hoping.