Has anyone built one of these? I am looking to build a fun and great sounding pre amp and this came as a recommendation. thoughts?
It can be seen here at http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobespc/foreplay3/foreplay3.htm
It can be seen here at http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobespc/foreplay3/foreplay3.htm
Yes-a fun build and good sound
I built the Foreplay III when it came out and replaced my Foreplay II with it. Very clear CD instructions for the build and it sounds very good. I subsequently did the Extended upgrade. Build it stock, upgrade later. Trouble-shooting is more straightforward when done in the two steps.
I do have a complete Bottlehead system (phono pre, pre, amplifiers, speakers) and they work really well together. But many have been happy adding it to a simple solid state system. You can check out their board at Audio Asylum and look at all the comments in the archives.
Good luck.
I built the Foreplay III when it came out and replaced my Foreplay II with it. Very clear CD instructions for the build and it sounds very good. I subsequently did the Extended upgrade. Build it stock, upgrade later. Trouble-shooting is more straightforward when done in the two steps.
I do have a complete Bottlehead system (phono pre, pre, amplifiers, speakers) and they work really well together. But many have been happy adding it to a simple solid state system. You can check out their board at Audio Asylum and look at all the comments in the archives.
Good luck.
I had extreme fun to build the extended foreplay
, there was one 2 hour to fix the manual to skip/link the instruction for the original. Also I had few missing parts, they arrived very fast just after email.
Worked perfect from start except a weird voltage = bad tube, bottlehead send one in mail to replace it very fast again.
Used it just a bit with ss amp, had too much gain
, used it in buffer mode = improved the bass on my tube amp.
For fun it's awesome, just make sure you match the output impedance and the gain for your system!!!
The only thing I wanted to change was the volume pot: bigger resistor please!
, there was one 2 hour to fix the manual to skip/link the instruction for the original. Also I had few missing parts, they arrived very fast just after email.Worked perfect from start except a weird voltage = bad tube, bottlehead send one in mail to replace it very fast again.
Used it just a bit with ss amp, had too much gain
, used it in buffer mode = improved the bass on my tube amp. For fun it's awesome, just make sure you match the output impedance and the gain for your system!!!
The only thing I wanted to change was the volume pot: bigger resistor please!
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