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Tarbishaw is back best pre amp for my system.

I received two emails from participants on this form,which was soooooo nice of them to take the time to do that,and also showed me just how dedicated you folks are .Been up the last 3 days to the Wee hours of the moring reading all the Q &answers really learned alot.
Participant asked me what pre I was using,told him it was the Classe 30 ,emailed me back & said that was my to quote" the TV show" my weakest link".Suggested I get a BatVK3i,did alot of reading on them &they sound like a awesome machine,but to many tubes to deal with.The only one I would consider would be Blue circle has only two tubes.I called the owner Gillbert Yeung had a good talk with him , said he would put a ht pass through in it & the more expensive circuit in it.The two SS preamp considering are the Adcom 750&Musical FidelityAc3 both have very good reviews the Ac3 looks so nice.

p.s. sean if you're reading this, I was horizontally biamping my mirage m3's which I needed to do, the om5's this wasn't necessary, and thankyou for bringing to my attention stereo separation by vertically biamping, it sounds so much better.

thankyou

Ann Marie
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gunbei
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Hi Ann Marie.

It looks like you've started a great thread here. I know you and I share some of the same tubephobias, but it seems the more experienced members here have given some really good advice. By the way, those prices I quoted you were in US$, so the Canadian price would be roughly 60% higher.

I think you're lucky you live in Canada. You folks really know how to design and build some great gear. Blue Circle, Magnum Dynalab and Simaudio to name only a few, make great stuff. Those Virtual Dynamics power cords I'm using are also from Canada. Gilbert Yeung seems like a nice a super person. I think people like him and Victor Khomenko of BAT have a real and honest passion for what they do. If you can swing the price of used VK3i, I'd say go for it. As for me, my Blue Circle BC21 is producing a wonderful song way into the wee hours.

The main difference in my experience between SS and tubes is the romance those little glowing glass beauties introduce to the sound. If that's a quality you're looking for in your sound, give em a try. It's made me a believer. Have fun and good luck!

Dean
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