Thanks a lot for all the suggestions, for some reason audiogon wasn't letting post anything for few days. Anyway, the input impedance of my amp over imbalanced inputs is 23 kohms and 32 over balanced so the primaluna is out unfortunately but the jolida seems like perfect fit, also the budget is 1000 or under.
2.1 tube pre with ht bypass?
Ok, so unwillingly i had to replace my parasound p5 due to the fact that it had an inherent imbalance that the parasound guys couldn’t address even after having it sent out for repairs twice. It also had other issues. I really liked how it sounded but I got tired of having the center image shifted waay to the right and having to compensate for it, which made the soundstage do peculiar things. What replaced it was an emotiva xsp-1 gen 2 which by all accounts was a superior pre, at least on paper and in fact, some things it does better but with my speakers (klipsch palladium p37f) the midrange is not a pleasant affair. So what I think I need is a tube pre with bass management and ht bypass. Does such a thing exist?? I’ve searched and searched to no avail. The rest of the system is emotiva xpa-2 gen2, schiit bifrost multibit (and other stuff that’s inconsequential on this thread) and that is unlikely to change.
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This thread has been dormant a while. Figured I would see whats new in the past few years. McIntosh would be great but probably out of my price range. I want a Tube Pre, with HT Bypass. Prefer to have at least one XLR input (and output obviously) and bass management would be a super bonus. I have a parasound P5 for that now, but its older and looking for a more warmer sound from tube. http://www.primaluna-usa.com/dialogue-premium-preamplifier That looks like a good option, but I have no idea how it sounds. Closest dealer is about an hour away in direction I never drive in. Any others that someone could suggest? |
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