Traded Off my SLP-05

Funny, I picked up my Cary SLP05 with the ultimate upgrade, choosing it over the BHK pre (was considering LS28, Reference 3 or 5, and the BHK pre and Cary). Couldn’t be happier with my choice. 
 

They are all great. At least now it is cheaper for you to roll tubes!

I've been thinking about picking up the Cary. Can I ask what about the PSA you preferred over the Cary?

Good things I've read about the Cary- good "slam" if that's what you need,

Not so good things I've heard- too much gain, keeping the volume knob set fairly low.

@jaybe The Cary is very good. I had the ultimate upgrade done and had them upgrade it further to  accommodate so vey rare tubes I wanted to use. The tubes were BL 63 which were used by the Royal Air Force between 1938 to 1941 in their Lancaster Bombers.The Cary is a great preamp and I had it for years. In my system and to my ears , I like the BHK better but your experience might differ. You can’t go wrong with either preamp.

To @sqitis what brand/model 6SN7 tubes, and coupling capacitors did you have in your SLP-05?

I must confess that I’ve had 3 Cary SLP-05 and I’ve tried many tubes and the ultimate upgrade version and I always felt it was lacking something. Tube list that I tried listed below.

Melz 1578

Sylvania VT-231 & 6SN7W

Sophia Blue Glass 6SNGT

PSvane CV-181II

CBS/Hytron 5692

LianLa Elite 6SN7

KenRad VT-231

Pope 6SN7GT

EH -6SN7

Ok maybe a few more but they never hit the nerve!