If you can be patient and are willing to consider vintage, you may want to consider a Harman Kardon Citation I - perhaps the best tube amp of all time. I purchased one that was reconditioned for about $1,000. It has one of the finest phono stages too. My only caveat is that if you have very sensitive speakers (95db+), the HK can be a little noisy (hiss) at low volumes.
I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it?
I would like to know if it would be worth it to trade my passive preamp for tube. Would the change make a significant improvement?
My setup:
Magnepan MG .7
Mod Squad Line Drive passive preamp
Bryston 4b-st amp
Rythmik f12 sub
Bluesound Node
Tidal streaming
My budget on a preamp would be $1k. If the answer is "yes" then opinions would be welcomed.
thanks
My setup:
Magnepan MG .7
Mod Squad Line Drive passive preamp
Bryston 4b-st amp
Rythmik f12 sub
Bluesound Node
Tidal streaming
My budget on a preamp would be $1k. If the answer is "yes" then opinions would be welcomed.
thanks