Why even getting a pre-amp, just another piece, costing money and not adding anything.I using pre main amp TEAC AX-505 with Topping E70 DAC. Speaker is B&W 805D3.
I will buy Hypex new power amp module. So I consider about preamp. Could you recommend some preamp?
If it’s has 12v trigger in/out is best.
I think so too. I’m afraid that.The Topping has a digital volume control. I would never connect that directly to a Poweramp. If that thing ever glitches out you get 100% volume.
Thanks. it’s not have trigger but looks good. Which tube do you recommend?"Best" preamp I have owned was the Schiit Freya + in passive mode -- about a perfectly clean a signal as I can image. The sound was detailed, transparent, and dynamic. With other equipment combos I have experience significant loss of dynamics with a passive preamp, but in case of the Freya + with my upstream Topping D90 DAC and downstream VTV Purifi stereo, passive mode imposed no dynamic penalty.
That said, today I amp using a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 tube preamp with an 'SE+' upgrade. No doubt the SF adds a small tincture of 2nd/3rd order harmonics but much less that most tube preamps would do. Personally I deem it a slight improvement over the "raw" sound, especially with less that great recordings.
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Do you mean best tube for the Freya + (in tube mode), or the Sonic Frontier's?Thanks. it’s not have trigger but looks good. Which tube do you recommend?
Thanks a lot. I mean freya. Because I can't find Sonic Frontiers shop.Do you mean best tube for the Freya + (in tube mode), or the Sonic Frontier's?
For the former I only ever used the Tung Sol tubes include at the time; for the latter I recommend the Genalex Gold Lion E88CC/6922. The selection of 6922/E88CC tube is very large and a plus for preamps that use this sort of tube. I tried current tubes from JJ, Reflector, and Electro-Harmonix, and vintage Siemens and Amperex 6922 'PQ' USA white label. What the individual may prefer depends on personal taste: the least "tube-like" were the Reflector, the most, the Amperex PQ's.
thanks. Yeah, today I went audio shop and the staff recommend that. but it was a little more expensive than the others. of course, it's cheap than Macintosh.I think my next preamp will be a Benchmark HPA4. You really can’t do better.
I have a Schiit SYS. Very simple passive. I used it in a room where I have two turntables, one with a mono MM cart and the other with a stereo MC cart, and a single phono stage that had only a single MM input. Made it easier to switch between the two (used a SUT between the MC ‘table and the SYS). But the MM cart had the treble rolled off too much. I think maybe the PCB in the SYS had too much capacitance for the cartridge I was using.
Well the Sonic Frontiers hasn't been made in about 25 years so you won't find any Sonic Frontiers shopsThanks a lot. I mean freya. Because I can't find Sonic Frontiers shop.
Agreed It is a bit spendy. But, also trouble free.thanks. Yeah, today I went audio shop and the staff recommend that. but it was a little more expensive than the others. of course, it's cheap than Macintosh.
I only need 1 or 2 input. Just 1 XLR output. If selectable filters included, it’s better than just passive preamp like “Cello Etude”.
You're probably right:The Topping has a digital volume control. I would never connect that directly to a Poweramp. If that thing ever glitches out you get 100% volume.
Could you tell me which tube did you select at order?Do you mean best tube for the Freya + (in tube mode), or the Sonic Frontier's?
For the former I only ever used the Tung Sol tubes include at the time; for the latter I recommend the Genalex Gold Lion E88CC/6922. The selection of 6922/E88CC tube is very large and a plus for preamps that use this sort of tube. I tried current tubes from JJ, Reflector, and Electro-Harmonix, and vintage Siemens and Amperex 6922 'PQ' USA white label. What the individual may prefer depends on personal taste: the least "tube-like" were the Siemens and Reflector, the most, the Amperex PQ's.