I love my '05 with NOS Sylvania 6SN7s and NOS Philips Holland metal base 5AR4. I run mine single-ended so only need 4 premium 6SN7s, just left the stock EH tubes in the balanced output and headphone amp positions.
Looking to re-build my system.... Cary SLP 05
Anyone else has this wonderful preamp? I'm looking to rebuild my system and I'm going to start with the preamp and then amp... then source and speakers. Looking to get back with a Cary SLP 05 preamp.
I had experience with this preamp about 6 years ago, wonderful guy and tube rolled well for me. I have some remaining Sylvania 6sn7 tubes lying around from when I owned the 05 but I did note that I sold my Philips mini watt rectifier tube at some point a few years ago.
Anyone else have great experiences with this preamp? If you upgraded from the 05, what did you upgrade to? The Audio Research Reference 5 perhaps??
I had experience with this preamp about 6 years ago, wonderful guy and tube rolled well for me. I have some remaining Sylvania 6sn7 tubes lying around from when I owned the 05 but I did note that I sold my Philips mini watt rectifier tube at some point a few years ago.
Anyone else have great experiences with this preamp? If you upgraded from the 05, what did you upgrade to? The Audio Research Reference 5 perhaps??