old high end preamps..

@hk_fan    can you elaborate on Cary offshore products?    Google does not reveal info of that possibility.

A buddy gave me his Bryston amp and preamp.  I could be very happy with only these. They are excellent.  Are they as good as my other stuff?  Close; maybe not quite as dynamic when there is a lot of bass, and a bit less precise if I wanted to obsess.  Does my B&K TS1o8 tuner sound better than my old Kenwood KT917?  A bit, on a really good station, if I use my rare Audire Diffet 3 preamp, on parts of the bass, if the recording is good enough, if I wanted to obsess.  I listen to music, even XM radio's jazz station, despite its flaws, not to equipment.  Don't obsess, but if you hear something that sounds enough better, try it out, but don't get all OC(D) worrying about it.  

pesky_wabbit

, I’m about to replace a noisy original ALPS 20K blue motor driven pot in a Professional Systems Engineering (PSE) HL-1 hybrid preamp that I like very much and wish to keep. You have mentioned adding a ’shunt resistor’ when using the new ALPS blue pots. What is your rationale or experience with this addition? Thanks

My Museatex AVC1 still looks and sounds amazing!

well ...I missed out on the AVP that was recapped but the cary cinema ll came in. nice unit. looks fantastic.   only played for short time so havnt had chance to set up and read over the manual.

the Bryston SP1.7 wasnt a bad sounding pre at all. i just like the looks of this Cary more.