Spatial Audio Raven Preamp

The most dangerous of all are DC-coupled preamps and power amps. If the DC servo system in a preamp fails, the failure can propagate all the way to the loudspeaker. I saw this happen when I was visiting the home of a reviewer. It took out one channel of the preamp, one power amplifier, and one woofer in a $50,000 speaker ... all in less than a second. I saw a brief flash where the woofer was, the left channel went silent, then smoke wafted out of the power amp and woofer. That’s what DC coupling can do. No thanks.

@phono2024 Congrats on the Raven and I am happy to hear that it sounds great with the Tyr monos. I have the latest Schitt Wotan amp, and it is really good. A small powerful beast of an amp. I will rotate the Raven between 2 systems anchored by the Wotan and the CODA #16. Both amps allow for the easy integration of 2 preamps with a front toggle switch for RCA and XLR. Perfect for the Raven and another preamp.

You mentioned in your post that you also use your Yamaha integrated as a second preamp. You may want to check out the new Schitt Kara F for $799. I received it a few days ago and it is a very good preamp. 

Once taxes are done, I can start thinking about the Raven.

Hello yyzsantabarbara,

Thank you. Lots of good amplifiers out there to choose from. The Raven is perhaps one of my better decisions made to add on to my joy of listening to music.

Please share your experience with the Raven when you get it.

Cheers

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@mbmi Glad you are enjoying your preamp. Not sure how it is relevant to this thread.