Can Anyone Identify The Make of this Preamp

Audiovalve?

I had a car once, it was red and the tyres were Goodyear.  What car did I have 😉

The description you made hardly gives any clues 😉

You know what a picture is worth, right?

Could it been a Conrad Johnson, either CT5, ET2, or ART (could be GAT, but that is newer if I remember correctly)

Here it is.

Red Rose Music Model 3 Reference Tube Preamp with Separate Power Suppl – SkyFi Audio

Roxy:

That design started out as "Audio Prism".

The matching "AP" power amp was the "Debut" model, but I forget what they called the preamp.

Never heard the preamp, but the EL34 based power amp and integrated amp were nice.

DeKay

@iseland sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

@roxy54 that's definitely it, but I would have sworn it was not a Red Rose at the time, but heyho.

Anyway it was a fantastic preamp.

Here's a pic of the "AP"...

DeKay

Sorry,  the wit walked out the door 2 pints ago 🤭

Have a nice weekend 😊 

Yes the Audioprism Mantissa I owned one in the mid-2000s decent preamp.

@roxy54 , color me impressed. Did you own one? 

No rocray, but I have a good memory, and as soon as he said curved top and Mark Levinson, I remembered it in my mind, and knew that it was Red Rose. I was aware that there was one like it made by an outside company, but I forgot that it was Audioprism.

Mine was definitely branded as Audio Prism.

Thanks all.

well done everyone, including ignoring 'definitely not red rose'!

@elliottbnewcombjr to be fair it wasn't Red Rose it was Audio Prism at the time, but I thought there was a link to Mark Levinson.

Red Rose also modified and self-branded another large integrated amplifier at some point by another manufacturer that was not Audio Prism. Maybe someone here can recall who that was.

Conrad Johnson 

@roxy54 ,

Cousin, you are good!

I believe the Red Rose Affirmation integrated was a rebadged/modified amp from a Chinese company called Dusson. Either the v6i or v8i.

Roxy:

Jungson and Levinson come to mind (big snafu about one particular model that was marked up something like 10X), but I am not familiar with Red Rose.

This was a long time ago and I read about it here (I think).

DeKay

@roxy54 , Great work! #AudioSleuthRoxy54

Thanks carpathian but I think that it's chrshanl37 who deserves the credit. It is indeed Dussun who I was thinking of.