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Here is a copy of a post I made over at the Skiing Ninja site about the billnchristy diy tubed pre-amp that I got pre-assembled from Bill:
"Ok got mine. Bill sold me his prototype which is quite professional looking inside and out. I was surprised by that (sorry about that Bill :raspberry:).
Here is the short version: I first used it with the Russian tubes and after listening for a while I was thinking " did I get "the satisfied or your money back guarantee?"". Voices (like Melody Gardot ) were stunning but the piano in some Cassandra Wilson stuff sounded like a toy piano and many instruments were recessed. Good bass and vocals, overall, bad...
Bill also included some Hitachi tubes that he had never listened to and these saved the day: you ain't gettin' it back! With the Hitachis voices aren't quite as incredible but everything is better. As if a veil was peeled away. Bass is hefty and tight, piano is liquid and crystalline. I'm finding that I don't need to raise the volume as much to get an enjoyable sound.
I had never really listened to anything tubed nor owned a pre-amp ( I still can't explain what a pre-amp is to the spouse) but I am now a believer. The only real problem is I have a feeling I am now on the quest for the perfect tube!
BTW, Bill is a pleasure to deal with and packs stuff well."
http://www.ninjasreview.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66
"Ok got mine. Bill sold me his prototype which is quite professional looking inside and out. I was surprised by that (sorry about that Bill :raspberry:).
Here is the short version: I first used it with the Russian tubes and after listening for a while I was thinking " did I get "the satisfied or your money back guarantee?"". Voices (like Melody Gardot ) were stunning but the piano in some Cassandra Wilson stuff sounded like a toy piano and many instruments were recessed. Good bass and vocals, overall, bad...
Bill also included some Hitachi tubes that he had never listened to and these saved the day: you ain't gettin' it back! With the Hitachis voices aren't quite as incredible but everything is better. As if a veil was peeled away. Bass is hefty and tight, piano is liquid and crystalline. I'm finding that I don't need to raise the volume as much to get an enjoyable sound.
I had never really listened to anything tubed nor owned a pre-amp ( I still can't explain what a pre-amp is to the spouse) but I am now a believer. The only real problem is I have a feeling I am now on the quest for the perfect tube!
BTW, Bill is a pleasure to deal with and packs stuff well."
http://www.ninjasreview.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66
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