Bent Audio Autoformer vs Tube Pre

Has anyone compared the two? I'm thinking of building a fully balanced Bent Autoformer unit.

If you have compared the two, what do you think?

jtwrace12-16-2012 2:10pm

agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 12-25-2012 at 12:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Jason, doesn't your new dac have a pre-amp section? What is missing sonically when you go direct?
clio09 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,346 posts 12-26-2012 at 09:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Andrew, yes the idea is to withdraw from digital completely. I will probably miss a handful of CDs but have already become more familiar with my vinyl collection which has many more nuggets than my CD collection. I am also building up my tape collection and while I understand your situation, IMO getting into tape as big a commitment either financially or time wise as some may make it seem. DSD has piqued my interest but I have to draw the line somewhere...
jtwrace OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 443 posts 12-27-2012 at 01:35am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not balanced direct. Nothing missing now. :-)
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 12-27-2012 at 07:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tony, if I could, I would. Paul was on me about it for a long time, but its just not practical. I have heard some early promise with hi rez, but a lot of it still lacks true analog density, etc. Maybe that will change at the software end someday. Jason, I am surprised by that. I assumed it was balanced. Strange.