Looking at these specific preamps give me your opinions


I'm building a system and I have an SMC Audio DNA.5 power amp that was built about a year ago so it's up to date on technology although it is still single ended.  I have NX-otica and OB subwoofers from GR Research.  I am looking for a good preamp.  I have a few in mind and would like some opinions.  I have listed them below.

TLC-2  GT24 built by SMC Audio

VRE-1c made by SMC Audio

Revelation Raven tube preamp by Spatial Audio

LTA tube preamp

The TLC-2 and Revelation would need to be purchased new the others I might catch them online used.

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Showing 1 response by dtorc

I have, and really enjoy the PS Audio BHK preamp. It has five inputs, and each input has both balanced and RCA connections. You could actually hook up 10 devices at the same time, so long as you only played one (either the balanced or RCA) at a time per input. It also has both balanced and RCA output, and I have them simultaneously attached to a power amp - the balanced to the Zesto, the RCA to the Coincident. Then I can choose which one to use by only moving the speaker cables in the back, which takes mere moments. 

It has a tube input, and mosfet output. When you roll in different 12au7's you can really hear it - I have enjoyed shaping the sound by thoughtful tube rolling. As a bonus, it has a very nice internal headphone amp that powers my Audeze headphones with ease. 

Anyway, that is the one that works for me...