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| Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?) @smodtactical it has a single set in and I’d need 2 sets (DAC and phono) but I guess I may get a balanced DAC in the future so it’s probably moot. still curious about both of these preamps. What little I’ve read about each has been overwhelmi... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @mikem I don't disagree. I don't care about fidelity or neutrality, I care about sounding "good" to my ears. The problem with any preamp. passives included is that its a stab in the dark. I can't seem to find my SYS (may have loaned it out and f... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @mikem Thanks and thats interesting. I fear that passives will leave the cold. | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @markusthenaimnut at a reported 26db of gain thats a bad decision. I have way too much with a pre that outputs 18. I bet it sounds amazing and I did read extensively into it. Not going tube most likely but thanks. | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @tweak1 @palasr Yes the Hattor is very interesting. Passive and gain stage., I am very seriously considering this as well as the Denafrips Athena and Holo Serene. The Athena really excites me after reading more into it. Its a buffer with unity gai... | |
| Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?) I have a horribly moronic (potentially) question, but would I be able to use an XLR to RCA dongle for the inputs? Like The Athena looks amazing but I run all single ended. Also, I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on the Serene @jnds | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @mrdecibel No doubt the SYS isn't in that league, I feel like a passive is saying "this is your system without make up" and I'm not sure I want to know that yet lol. I was trying to find mine and plug it in and see what my pig really looks like w... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @mrdecibel SInce you mentioned it on the last page I have been playing with configs on their site. I like that they want input and out impedance (I realize I don't know some of those for my gear). I would absolutely consider that one, especially ... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @oddiofyl I am also considering Supratek as it has adjustable gain and the Sachs has even more than my current (16db which is way too much). | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @oddiofyl yes well originally Don's preamp was the end game. So I feel like I'll wait and see if that happens, the question is what to do in the meantime. Gotta be better than waiting on Decware haha | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @abd1 funny I,too was looking at the Kinki preamp. I’ve been super interested in the Holo Serene (used). As for Don Sachs, I’m on the list but there’s no guarantee my number gets called. He’s semi retired and so he mentioned possibly next spr... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @oddiofyl actually yes! I do have a set of Mullard 6201’s that have lasted. I replaced them with the 4024’s as I wanted a slightly warmer sound. Why would the 6201’s be so much more robust though? I’m genuinely curious. | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @tyray Its more or less how REL does it. I like the change. As for the Quicksilver I don't know where to go after. If I knew a solid state that sounded the same I'd have it already. My fear with passives is sounding thin, otherwise I have my eye ... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @tyray My subs are now pig tailed off the speaker terminals of my mains. So banana from amp to lower posts -> spade jumpers to upper posts -> these cables banana from upper posts to RCA in on the subs. https://www.amazon.com/TXK-Gold-Plat... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition @rob2rc21 I have the Quicksilver now (non remote) and it blasts through tubes in 6 months, hence this thread. If I could find a solution I'd keep it. Otherwise its $100 in NOS tubes every 6 months (although the current ones are dumping after 30 h... |