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TAD 150

I've been thinking of making the switch to a tube pre-amp. I have Marantz CD/SACD player, a McCormack DNA 0.5 and Vandersteen 2ce speakers.

Any thoughts on the TAD 150 would be appreciated.
ecruz

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arni
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Hi Ecruz,
Did they delete your previous thread on this? I couldn't find it a couple of days ago.
Anyway, looks like you are not giving up on this one. Given that the TAD 150 is a "hot rodded" chinese tube pre, it might be able to better your MF3cr, but you will have to be very lucky to find it used... is your spending limit higher this time around?
arni
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Yes Ecruz, it was I who posted that tubes would lose bass definition. But it is also somewhat of a generalization, where this is not so much the case for more expensive good tube preamps. TAD has the advantage of being a "modded" design with higher parts quality that most standard production $1500 preamps, and I think it may indeed be an improvement over your MF3cr in all areas. If I were in your shoes, I would go for it. I am looking at the TAD myself as an upgrade from SS pre, and I would really want to know if you do jump on it-and what your impressions would be.
Have fun,
Arni
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