Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature

Speaker coils? Hmmm...my Freya sounds great as soon as the tubes warm up and my Pass XA-25 takes maybe an hour or so but sounds so good immediately you sort of forget that. I wouldn’t think about that if Nelson hadn't mentioned it in the manual. I sometimes swap out the Pass for a Dennis Had Firebottle SEP tube amp that seems to sound great immediately, and If the speakers coils are cold you need a warmer room. Preheat ’em with a heat gun...knit them a cozy...a hug...some tea...insults...

I have an original version Freya and have never worried about its warmup time and I listen to the tube section exclusively. I like the fact that it doesn't turn off the tubes when I switch to one of the passive settings as its a great way to see if the tube stage is getting tired...instantly. Also, I still haven't found any remarkably better preamp at any price (I've owned some great preamps, and compared my Freya to various other things)...to claim it isn't as good as other more expensive stuff make no sense to me...its considered Class A to many.