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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 13:35:27 GMT
What do you think as the most thin on the ground Pre-Amps on the used market.
Inca Design 'ID-1P' Which was the companion to the Inca Design 'ID-25/ID-50'/ID-75' Power amps..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 14:02:16 GMT
What do you think as the most thin on the ground Pre-Amps on the used market. Inca Design 'ID-1P' Which was the companion to the Inca Design 'ID-25/ID-50'/ID-75' Power amps.. Rappaport Pre-1 or Pre-2 (and I want another!) Crown/Amcron IC-150 (and No, I done want another) Ming Da MC-9 (got one) VTL Deluxe (got one) |
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Post by dsjr on Aug 28, 2019 18:03:28 GMT
Oh yes you do want another IC-150 (probably thre A version with updated chips and a proper stepped attenuator), 'cos the IC-150 is arguably a lot more transparent than most audiophool Sh#t out there - been there, done it and use two regularly still. Just feed a variable output source straight into your power amp and then put preamp of choice in the line, matching volumes as best as possible. That's how I can say what I do and the bloody old Crown changes it's 'sound' with the sources fed it, but maybe the phono stage, despite wonderful specs, isn't quite as characterful as current half decent ones...
Maybe I'm the one in error, as I want my source and amp components to give out what goes in, just louder and with absolutely NO processing as most preamps did in the 80's and even Glenn croft has transformed the brash or soggy tones of his early pre's (depending on the model) to something far more transparent to the source with stock valves. Rolling these adds character I think. So there!  |
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Post by nonuffin on Aug 29, 2019 15:41:23 GMT
What do you think as the most thin on the ground Pre-Amps on the used market. Inca Design 'ID-1P' Which was the companion to the Inca Design 'ID-25/ID-50'/ID-75' Power amps.. (and I want another!) You and me both Geoff.
I errrm "borrowed" one (Pre 2) back in the late 70s from the shop I worked in and it was tough returning it, but I couldn't afford it at the time.
Seen one or two for sale over the years on ebay and the last one looked as though it had been used as an axle stand, plus it had no modules inside it either. The clown was asking £600 for it  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 16:58:07 GMT
Rappaport Pre-1 or Pre-2 (and I want another!) You and me both Geoff.
I errrm "borrowed" one (Pre 2) back in the late 70s from the shop I worked in and it was tough returning it, but I couldn't afford it at the time.
Seen one or two for sale over the years on ebay and the last one looked as though it had been used as an axle stand, plus it had no modules inside it either. The clown was asking £600 for it I had my Pre-2 for twenty years. I tried a lot of other pre-amps, but nothing touched it until I got a Forte Model 2. Eventually sold both after buying my VTL Deluxe, which sounds easily as good, but in a valve way and also has the best built in phono stage I've come across. The Ming Da MC-9 beats all of them though. |
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Post by dsjr on Aug 29, 2019 21:23:03 GMT
Did you ever take a suitable source straight into the power amp and then put your preamp directly in the line? Shocked me it did...
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Post by mrian on Oct 10, 2019 15:57:40 GMT
Toft Audio LBPA5.
From Malcom Toft's somewhat less than succesful foray into the domestic market. I was told once that only 14 were ever made. Based heavily, I was told, on his mixing desks, switches between single ended and balanced on all inputs, phase invert, channel swap, mute/muteL/muteR etc. Had mine for years now and doubt it will ever be sold on. Tried so many different pre amps but in long term I have always ended back here.
Out of system right now as I experiment with a DCB1.......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 16:46:19 GMT
Concordant 'Excelsior'
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 16:57:08 GMT
JDI Pre amp
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 10, 2019 16:57:27 GMT
Won one of those for £100 buynit now. Seller welched because he meant to put it as an auction starting at £100. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 16:59:50 GMT
Did he let you have it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 17:27:06 GMT
The guy I bought my VTL Deluxe from was using one. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 18:06:05 GMT
Quad II owners use them
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Post by macca on Oct 10, 2019 18:11:11 GMT
QUAD II owners deserve them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 18:15:59 GMT
lol
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 18:45:29 GMT
What do you think as the most thin on the ground Pre-Amps on the used market. Inca Design 'ID-1P' Which was the companion to the Inca Design 'ID-25/ID-50'/ID-75' Power amps.. Rappaport Pre-1 or Pre-2 (and I want another!) Crown/Amcron IC-150 (and No, I done want another) Ming Da MC-9 (got one) VTL Deluxe (got one) Do not know the MC-9, but I have tried the MC-300 on my system. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 21, 2019 17:15:39 GMT
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