Cary Audio SLP-5 Preamp

@couger4u Congratulations on the new Cary SLP-05 preamp, and enjoy!   

Congrats!  The 05 is an amazing sounding preamp.  Be sure to match it with lower gain power amps.  Mine is here to stay! 

Congratulations, couger4u!!

What's the rest of gear look like!?

Hi blackbag20  system is:

Parasound A21 Amplifier

Aesthtix Rhea Phono Preamp

Marantz CD 6005

Michell Gyro SE Turntable

Technics SL1200 MKII Turntable

Cables: Audioquest Hurricane and Blizzard power cords.

Interconnects: Nordost Valkyrja and Tyr.

Speaker Cable: Notdost Heimdall.

@couger4u 

i had the parasound a21+ for a while and found that the sound was best through balanced connections, gain on the SLP 05 at 50% and gain on the a21+ also at 50%.  see if that helps

Congrats on the new preamp @couger4u and nice system!

@avanti1960 

I also have the 21+. Did you have subs connected to it? Reason I ask is when reducing gain on it, the lower frequencies don't diminish as much as the other frequencies. Which I like as it gives me an additional way to tune the sound. By example I have the gain set to 1pm for analog, 2pm for CDs and full gain for streaming. Just curious about your experience.

That was referring to the loop outputs.

Congratulations on your new preamp. I remember meeting Dennis Had back in the 1990s when I worked in a shop that sold Cary Audio. He was a very nice guy who was super helpful and knowledgeable. I had a great friend who had him build his amplifiers custom for him. Those were sweet sounding mono blocks.

@baylinor 

yes i had rel subs but they were high level speaker connections and i never noticed gain controls affecting sub output.