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Tube Sound With Equalization?

I currently have and Benchmark preamp and amp playing into full range drivers. The sound is very neutral as expected, but recently I was able to demo a Mac MA352 Hybrid Integrated amp with a tube pre and solid state amp. I found the sound to have more decay, especially in the mids, and more pronounced with stringed instruments. I was wondering if an equalizer would be able to recapture some of those qualities, and what would the settings be?

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dekay
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You could try a tube buffer between your amp/preamp.

Don't know what's available now, but maybe look for a used iFi micro iTube2?

I wouldn't recommend the old Musical Fidelity unit (X10D I think), but the 2nd version of the iFi was well received and they pop up occasionally.

 

DeKay

 

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