Van Alstine pre-amplifiers


Recently read a  post regarding Van Alstine tube based pre-amplifiers.

Sounds interesting .  One of the reviewers ( on the AVA website ) suggested the pre-amplifier did not add richness to the tone of the music and suggested the soundstage was not enlarged.  Otherwise a rave review.

Has anyone have personal experience with these tube based pre-amplifers?

My goal is to add tonal richness and improve timbre.  Plan to run into a Leben amplifier.

Thanks

mdrone

Showing 1 response by hilde45

You need to get a flat frequency response in your room before chasing the tone and timber.

Amen. My guess is that 90% of the debates and discussions here are not controlling for the variable of the room. This assumption helps me sort through these fora much more effectively for useful advice. Otherwise, it's there's a lot of flatus vocis.