Bent Audio Autoformer vs Tube Pre

Shakeydeal ...

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A Conn Yankee long haul truck driver gets lost down south and shouts out on his CB .. can anybody tell me if I'm in LOUIS-VIL

A local shouts him back .. yes you are but it's pronounced LOU-E VIL

The Yankee says well it's spelled on the map like LOUIS VIL

The local says pull over and we'll go in that eatery and ask the girl behind the counter how it's pronounced and the loser buys

They pull over and go in and the Conn Yankee walks up to the counter and says to the girl ... please tell me where we are and say it very slowly

The girl behind the counter looks the Yankee in the eye and says ,,, Bur----ger ------King

Grannyring

What tube pre do you use and what passive autoformer did you use to compare it to?

Don't you own a TRL Dude? At least that is what I have seen you post previously. Surely you must know Grannyring owns one given the TRL family is pretty well connected.

I'm guessing you probably know where I stand on this subject as well given my very open opinions about passive preamps. Although I have not compared any passive preamp to The Dude, I have compared them to many active preamps. You could do a lot worse than the Bent modules, but your system has to be optimized for it. Just for ha ha's contact Audiogon member Dgarrettson. He implemented an LDR volume control in his Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp. Could give you the best of both worlds.

I have sold my Dude as my source is now fully balanced. I don't know your view on passives so if you can share, that would be great.

Well, yes the Dude still abides in my system and will stay! I tried a Bent product a couple of years ago that only had one input if I recall. The best passive I have tried was the Lightspeed. If money was my number one issue, and I needed to obtain the best sound I could for very little money, I would look to the Lightspeed.

In my systems the Dude was just more pleasing to listen through. I am far more engaged in the music with it in my system compared to a passive.