I went through a preamp search 6 months ago at a $6000 price point. Because I have a tube phono preamp (ARC Ref 2 SE), I wanted a SS preamp. After much research and listening, I came down to used Pass XP-22 and Merrill Audio Christine. I ended up choosing the Merrill unit. I would have been...
Peter-- I do not have the s-Pods. I have read about them.
Imperial-- I saw the YBA at a store some years ago with a matching preamp. It was at a major discount...oh well.
Thanks for all the good replies.
My preamp is the Merrill Audio Christine. It sounds fine with my current amp, but Merrill does not publish its output impedance so that I can cross that off the list of concerns. I did test it out with an ARC 75SE and Simaudio 870A before I bought it and it...
Hello I am a first time poster after years of reading the forums.
I acquired in January a perfect pair of used Q3's which replaced TAD Evolution Ones. The Magicos sound great in my room and I currently use a Krell Evo 302e (I am a used equipment buyer and lag SOTA by five to seven years or...