Emotive Audio Sira-LE.
Here's a guy who owns it and a pic of it.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_memb.pl?0&1&listsyst&zzLinkoping
Here's a guy who owns it and a pic of it.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_memb.pl?0&1&listsyst&zzLinkoping
Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps
Any of the progression of Emmanual Go's First Sound preamps, beginning with the Presence Deluxe Mk II, very impressive, simple dual-mono construction, massive power supply, all copper-plated steel chassis, one tube in the signal path, tube shunt regulated B+, point-to-point, dead quite. Finally found my pre-amp-for-life ... ahem, I think. |
A while ago I had the newest Viva preamp, phonostage, and their Verona amps in for a listen. The preamp and phonostage are each 2 chassis units that have innovative power supplies that use a 300B tube as a rectifier. Great build quality, very reliable, fabulous looks, and man, the performance captured my soul. The current Viva products are highly worth a listen and consideration. See Viva website. Certainly the Viva Linea 45 fits your requirement of a highend preamp that is esoteric and in your price range. |