What pre-amp goes well with the Tenor 150 HPs amp?


I have a Tenor 150 HPs Stereo amp coming my way very shortly and want to hear what people are using with Tenor for their pre-amps?

I am currently considering the:
VTL 7.5
C.J. ACT 2
Vac Renessaince Sig Mk II. or Phi series

I need a remote control so that eliminates some of the other obvious contenders (Lamm, Aesthetix, Audio Research).

I am currently using a Hovland HP100 which has no remote and has a stepped attenutator V.C. with steps that are too large for my listening tastes (2dB per step).

Thanks,

-Mattnshilp
mattnshilp

Showing 1 response by mikelavigne

having tried lots of preamps (at least 10 others......although none of those you listed) with Tenor 300 Hybrids and Tenor OTL's; the winner for me was the Placette passive RVC.

as long as you keep the interconnects very short between the Placette and the Tenors it has a great synergy. Tenor used resistive based passive for designing the Tenors.

i would expect that most any good pre would work well with the Tenor 150's as it is quite neutral and natural sounding.

ask me in a few weeks and i'll be able to tell you how my Tenor 300's match with the new darTZeel battery powered pre.....it will likely be amazing. i can't try it yet as the pre-production dart pre i have only has BNC outputs operational.