Dartzeel w/Other Preamps.


I have a '108 and the HoloAudio Serene KTE. If the Serene is transparent enough to let the amp shine, what would I be missing if I don't get the Dartzeel 18NS? 

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I also had the dart combo. Someday I replaced the NHB 18 with the MFA baby reference preamplifier. Never looked back. Don’t waste your money. IMO darts are extremely overrated. I sold them both. 

j-wall  I bought them in 2010. In the third year the power ampl failed (one output was not audible). After multiple communications with Mr. Deletraz (very nice man), I sent the amp to Switzerland. Returned within a month. The fault had been fixed. I sold the amp and the new owner reported another malfunction (one eye not lighting up properly). I don't know what he did next. That's about the amplifier. Let's go to the preamplifier. Within a year of buying it, I found that the black rubbers surrounding the two potentiometers had started to polymerize (!!!!!) I was shocked as soon as I saw them. From that day on, I was careful when I needed to rotate a potentiometer, not to touch the rubbers, lest they be cut (!!!!!!!!). Unacceptable for a machine worth €20,000 (when I bought it). As for the audio quality, they sound great! but no better than the preamplifier -power combo I use today even though they cost less than half what the darts were! That's all.