Valve preamp

[lukecon]

Preamp failure means I got no music and less money.!!Anybody got anything reasonable , tasty and available? Cheers Ian

 

[anatech]

Hi Ian,
No thoughts on repairing said dead thing?

-Chris

 

[lukecon]

Dead or dying preamp

Waiting on my audio buddy. Was thinking of a change anyway in the near future anyway. Thanks Ian

 

[anatech]

Hi Ian,
What do you have now? It may not be as bad as you think, or can be improved.

I got a preamp I was sure should sound better than my older ones. I was disappointed. (list on the new one was serveral thousand K $).

-Chris

 

[lukecon]

Peamp failure

Have Cambridge Audio C500, been a good servant.Bought Electrcompaniet AW100 power amp,heard with matching preamp.Not sure C500 quite as good .Would balanced XLR output accout for the difference?Regards Ian

 

[anatech]

Hi Ian,
You may have extra gain on the XLR outs. Depends on how they designed it.

I am not familiar with your C500. It may have some improvements that can be made. There may be some "tired" supply caps as well.

-Chris