Hi everbody,
I would kindly ask you to help me to find the best (tube) preamp for my msb m204 monoblocks, which have a rather low gain of 18db (low setting=best soundwise).
I have tried ayon spheris iii and thrax dionysis but had rather mixed results: the drive, the presence and the body of the music has been somehow missing. I had better results with Beyond frontiers audio preamp (cca 25db gain) but the noise was high and the control was missing with complex music.
Interesting, when I connect my cdp Meridian 808.5 directly to msbs, the drive is quite good, but I am missing the warmth and the body of the tubes.
Speakers are Tad ref one.
So, I kindly ask you to recommend me a preamp which:
- is able to drive low gain A class power ampa
- is preferably tube (or hybrid) based
- has low output impendance
- is musical, organic (not sterile)
Thanks in advance.
I would kindly ask you to help me to find the best (tube) preamp for my msb m204 monoblocks, which have a rather low gain of 18db (low setting=best soundwise).
I have tried ayon spheris iii and thrax dionysis but had rather mixed results: the drive, the presence and the body of the music has been somehow missing. I had better results with Beyond frontiers audio preamp (cca 25db gain) but the noise was high and the control was missing with complex music.
Interesting, when I connect my cdp Meridian 808.5 directly to msbs, the drive is quite good, but I am missing the warmth and the body of the tubes.
Speakers are Tad ref one.
So, I kindly ask you to recommend me a preamp which:
- is able to drive low gain A class power ampa
- is preferably tube (or hybrid) based
- has low output impendance
- is musical, organic (not sterile)
Thanks in advance.