Doshi V3.0 Tape Preamp

[dminches]

Thanks Nick.

Now step away from the computer and get back to the shop!

 

[Bruce B]

There you go! Nick is the best!! I just know that whatever head you go with, stick with it. These pre-amps are built for a certain inductance for each head.
Mine are differentially balanced in/out with XLR in/out. Waited a year for them but well worth it.

 

[doshiaudio]

ouch

you have to stop talking to Larry - starting to sound like him

 

[Nevillekapadia]

I have been fortunate to hear Nick's tape pre-amp and it is just wonderful. The sound that comes from it is BIG! And yet it lets through those subtle cues and micro detail easily.

The matching head was also part of the system and I feel that certainly gave it the edge.

 

[dminches]

I just received my tape preamp V3.0 from nick and my head block which has a Flux Magnetics head, installed by JRF and wired by Nick.

I won't post impressions until I have listened to the unit for a couple weeks, but the unit's build is solid and is working nicely out of the box.

 

[rad]

I just received my tape preamp V3.0 from nick and my head block which has a Flux Magnetics head, installed by JRF and wired by Nick.

I won't post impressions until I have listened to the unit for a couple weeks, but the unit's build is solid and is working nicely out of the box.

You're in for a real treat! Please post your impressions.

 

[dminches]

You're in for a real treat! Please post your impressions.

Do you have one of these? If so, have you done any tube rolling?

 

[Steve williams]

Do you have one of these? If so, have you done any tube rolling?

I do and I did

I use a quad matched set of ECC801S

 

[rad]

I do and I did

I use a quad matched set of ECC801S

Also own one as well & echo Steve with matched ERCC801's.

More macro & micro detail. Great bass control. Not to knock the other tape pre's but the Doshi fits my system.

 

[dminches]

Are the Telefunkens considered the best of the ECC801s? Finding an NOS quad will be challenging.

 

[Steve williams]

Are the Telefunkens considered the best of the ECC801s? Finding an NOS quad will be challenging.

Some call the ECC801S the Holy Grail as also the ECC803S. I use the ECC801S in Nick's tape pre and the ECC803S in my amp. You guys have the great fortune of having Nick's current version whereas mine was probably the first version. Having said that and knowing that Nick has put a lot of effort and thought into the new version and one day I know I will send mine back to Nick to do the upgrade but for now I love what mine does and FWIW, I auditioned several and they were all noisy whereas Nick's unit is dead quiet and will put goose bumps on our skin when you hear your tape through his unit. IMO Nick's tape pre is the Holy Grail of tape preamps and everyone should have a listen because the sound is extraordinary

 

[dminches]

I swapped out the Telefunken ECC81s for a pair of Mullard CV4024s and like them a lot better.

 

[dminches]

I am listening to a master protection copy of Coltrane's Ole' through Nick's preamp. Wow. I have never heard this album sound like this. Of course, it has a lot to do with the tape too, but the preamp brings the best out of the source.

 

[dminches]

Testing Telefunken ECC 801S

I just purchased a quad of these from a reliable ebay seller. However, in testing them on my Jackson 646S they are all reading at about 70%. Is there something unusual about how these test? I am using the jackson settings for an ECC 801s which are the same as a 12AT7.

Any help would be appreciated.