Linear Tube Audio version 3 of the MicroZOTL pre

With the balanced Lundahl transformers is always a plus .

I just bought mine last month , They knew 1000% while building my pre ,why didn’t they at least offer me the upgrade option ,that was not very good ,not very ethical imo , and to be honest having the very high grade Lundahl input transformers is always a plus ,another $2 k ,  I bought their best tube setup ,and then got rid of the older Mullards for the far superior Medical grade Red top Telefunken 12au7 $500 a pair but well worth the detail and transparency.

You will not believe the answer I received from LTA , they purposely deceived me 

as being the absolute latest , they said it was a spur of the moment thing 

a blatant Lie, lots of months previously  had to be planned drawings circuit boards testing at least 6 months previously , I waited 6 weeks after the holidays 

I would have gladly waited another month ,and for onky $200 difference 

to have any integrity ,I should have been at least given the option . 
they just wanted to use up older parts ,it’s still a very good preamp  but the new one much better still , considering I have bought 3 pieces of electronics from them and referred others to them integrity and loyalty is That  too much too ask , ? What’s next I would be blamed if it stopped working .

I am very dissapointing  if that is their response just pass the Buck , I will sell it and never do business with them ,that was very unprofessional , and a very underhanded thing to do .I am almost 67;and I told them this would be my end game preamp . I will let you know if they do the right thing ,or not ,and send you their answer why they didnot let me know .

Please see this response , I ordered my preamp just before Christmas mind you little was being done until After New years . any major upgrade would be known Months in advance between designing and testing layouts , then ordering New custom Circuit boards . My preamp was not even built until a month after the new year. I wil be 67 having disabilities from the service and old age had to retire 

I picked this as my retirement end game preamp and asked specifically if there was any upgrades That could be had , No . Please see below the answer I received yesterday , mind you after new years they could have reached out and told me for only $200 more get the mk3 build but would be an additional month or so . I waited 6 weeks to get the old one .my order was not even on the table  the first 3 weeks in Jan . I have other preamps at home . Is this an ethical way to Run what I consider a fine audio company at LTA Audio I have purchased 3 products from them and referred others to them . This is my loyalty reward , To fellow Audiophiles ,taking into consideration my unit was not even in process yet ,my Age , loyalty ,and disabilities , how would you take this excuse sent to you by Email ,I don’t think New Years cheer woud be on your tongue. Mark Schneider is the head designer .I didnot have the opportunity to speak with him . Just give me the left over parts and now send your unit in and an additional $1150 we will take care of you , a Very low blow even more so when I Donot have a disposable income , please do see this not so truthful response below. I still have Faith that LTA is a company of integrity and will do the Honorable thing ,which should have been offered to me after the long holiday break . Please see ⬇️ Below.
 

At the time of receiving your order, in late December, we did not know that we would be offering the upgrade. As I said, we were strongly considering making the minimal required changes in order to keep the MZ Preamp as Level 2. Because we had already tested similar changes for a different product, we were lucky in being able to release the new version more quickly than would have been typical. 

Again, I am sorry that the timing of the situation seems unfavorable to you. When you make a new version of a product, a dividing line must be set. You happened to be just before that line, which means you received exactly what you ordered without unexpected delays. Any orders we received in January, February, or March were met with an uncertain lead time and we are still a few days from shipping the first Level 3 units. Over two months seems like a fair buffer time.Best, Will .

bluethinker I can be obsessive in trying to check all the boxes , LTA is just as obsessive in when they do come out with a upgrade it is a major one .

looking forwards to getting it sent out and getting it runin , this way too I can share exactly what changes I hear. I have 8 reference tracks I know very well . Now the wait and the breakin Patience sometimes is the hardest part !!

Yesterday I was livid that I didnot. Make the mk3 upgrade 

mark called me personally and went over the Very extensive upgrades the 

state of the art ceramic boards alone are 8x more monies and the new layout  magnitudes less distortion . And well worth the upgrade cost . Even a new soft start to dramatically save on Tube life and 80k in capacitance upgrade is like with a Amplifier well over $120 uf for dynamic swings . They are paying shipping and insurances both ways ,I send my preamp back in 10 days . I will run it in myself 

with my Isotek runin cd , LSA maybe small But Mark and Co make a great product 

and have integrity .myself a hot head at times Audiophiles too  can be  hard to deal with myself included .

I think Shipping both ways is included as well as balanced Lundahl input transformers ,the Rays tubes add $480 I believe.

Bluethinker  I will for sure give my comparisons I have a bunch of reference songs I know very well and wrote down highlights on each  and what to look for using my brothers Latest Gryphon Diablo latest model integrated  which is exceptional.

Cbrez my unit is out for #3 upgrade this  . I will fill everyone know  the magnitude 

the upgrade it’s pretty comprehensive  on mainly now on a much larger # costly double sided Ceramic circuit board loaded with A much larger capacitors ,power supplies, and even better soft tubes will last even longer by design.

Knowing build quality well the prima luna is not in the same league

Look at the output you dont use a low quality attenuator 

Round silver can either Alps or Bourne  attenuator very  inexpensive 

And robs low level detail.