Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid.

It appears, it is not Pass, Rowland, even Lamm etc. Who then ?
I heard about Ypsilon, though some say it is a little bright and forward sounding.

inna03-04-2019 7:56am

kwileylongevity Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3 posts 03-10-2019 at 12:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Aires-Cerat Imperia LE. Destroys Audio Note and Kondo and Koda(any model).
andrei_nz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 192 posts 03-10-2019 at 02:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have had an Ayon (bottom of the range) and was very good, but not quite great. I currently have Emm Labs Pre2 and Daniel Hertz M6 and both are fabulous.
jonboy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8 posts 03-10-2019 at 12:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Audible Illusions makes outstanding tubed preamps. I'm waiting on an L3B as we speak. Good luck with your search.
initforthemusic Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 282 posts 03-13-2019 at 11:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thrax Audio Dionysis Pre. Sublime but big $$$. And +1 Vincent for the money. SA-T8 Tube (as long as you roll in better tubes) & SA-94 Solid State.
phantom_av Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 320 posts 01-05-2021 at 02:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete MP-1 or MP-3 from Atma-Sphere you will never regret the purchase. It can stand hand in hand against those super heavily marketed companies out there. The MP-1 is by far to me one of the very best, being in this hobby for 25 years heard and owned so many.