Help selecting a new preamp
My Freya was noisy using tubes ( I heard they addressed this problem recently)Many hundreds more have not had this problem, they are spec’d at 115db s/n for the tube stage, as good as many $5k tube preamps, you obviously had dud tube/s in yours. And Schiit honoured replacements tubes for those, if you complained. Sure you don’t get exotic tubes for that price, but you find 9 out of 10 owners experiment with better brand of tube anyway, they love this preamp so much. Cheers George |
if you enjoy a very loud clicking sound as you adjust the volumeNo one enjoys it, but it not as bad as you make out, and only while adjusting the level. It would be something "not to be enjoyed" if your source had some DC offset leakage, then it would be as you say " a very loud clicking sound" but that’s a problem with the source not the Schiit. And all Schiit Freya’s and Saga’s come with remote, the $49 Sys does not, wonder why? Cheers George |
rayburn_b OP With your sources OPPO 103, a Shiit D/A (at <100ohms output impedance) and poweramp Carver Crimson 275 (at 100kohms inputimpedance). A Schiit Sys at $49 would be a great match, and be more transparent than your current preamp, couldn’t get more simpler. https://www.schiit.com/products/sys Cheers George |
rayburn_b OP You can trial a Schiit Freya for a couple of weeks, they are so versatile, best mechanical volume control going around, let's you select between tube, solid state in active modes, and you can go strait passive with it as many have found and liked. It's also got remote and xlr or rca inputs and outputs. https://www.schiit.com/products/freya-2 or to save $300 just the solid state and passive Freya https://www.schiit.com/products/freya-s Cheers George |
