if you want a truly lush and tubey sound you may have to look into tube amplifiers as well as preamps ... vintage models are more "tubey" than recent offerings which are much more neutral sounding
Need help for preamp/amp to build around my 1.6s
Hello,
I am planning a system around some "Peter Gunned" Maggie 1.6s. I want a "tubey" sounding system with a lush midrange.
I know Conrad Johnson has a rep for being very warm but any other preamps? I would prefer it had a phono input.
Also I hear great things about Monarchy SM70s with Maggies. Any experiences out there?
My budget will be around $4-5K for both. I hope to buy used.
The rest of the system is planned to be:
Logitech Transporter
Marantz TTS1 turntable, Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge
Thanks for any help.
I am planning a system around some "Peter Gunned" Maggie 1.6s. I want a "tubey" sounding system with a lush midrange.
I know Conrad Johnson has a rep for being very warm but any other preamps? I would prefer it had a phono input.
Also I hear great things about Monarchy SM70s with Maggies. Any experiences out there?
My budget will be around $4-5K for both. I hope to buy used.
The rest of the system is planned to be:
Logitech Transporter
Marantz TTS1 turntable, Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge
Thanks for any help.
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