johnch993
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| Can anyone recommend a great tube preamp that also has a headphone out? I recently bought a Modwright SWL 9.0 Anniversary Edition. Not a great choice if you are looking for a really tubey sound, but perfect if you value neutrality and dynamics. -John | |
| Modwright Preamp Owners. I just bought the SWL 9.0 Anniversary Edition, which is an evolution of the 9.0 SE. It's definitely an improvement over my outgoing VTL TL2.5; improved dynamics, great inner detail, and superb build quality. Dealing with Dan has also been a plea... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? Couple of additions to the above comments. Maggies are like Porsche 911s or Lotus Super 7s. They either work for you, or they don't. If they do, nothing else really comes close and their shortcomings are irrelevant. If they don't, you just won... | |
| Your first component that was "special" It was the late 80's. My system consisted of a decent turntable and integrated amp driving marginal speakers. The latter seemed like the weak link, so after auditioning a number of possible replacements, I placed an order for the Snell E. The d... | |
| Recommendation I've had a VTL 2.5 for over 12 years that is on 24x7 and serves double duty for music and TV -- i.e. it sees a LOT of use. I finally did a re-tube this year. To be fair, one tube started acting up about a 18 months ago, but the preamp certainly d... |