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In Reply to: IMO not good at all for 2 channel, here is my experience... posted by DunninLA on October 03, 2002 at 10:03:34:
Thanks for the information. Being unable to audition the B&K Reference 30 was the problem. The closest dealer is around 6 hours away from me. What I am trying to find is a preamp that will do justice to both movies and a Rega Jupiter CD Player. For a short time, I had purchased an Arcam Alpha Integrated with the DAVE module and 3-channel amp. Regrettably, I made the mistake of buying a demo unit. When it worked properly, it was outstanding but in the end I had to return it due to a variety of problems with the unit. You wouldn't know a good preamp that could serve both purposes? Perhaps the Aragon Stage One? Thanks again.
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the rotel is an excellent stereo preamp, in my opinion. i have not heard alot of preamps in my audio life, but if you read the reviews of their stereo preamps on audio review, you would see some of the unusual praise for their preamps: that they sound as good as as what are considered the best carrying high prices, or that the difference is somewhat negigible.my experiences are based on tube amplification and the rotel. it does a great job with tube amps.
there is a thread further down I think about integrating HT and stereo with a couple of expensive recs.Basic issue is that separating processor and preamp for stereo leaves your options open for optimizing both and not compromising. If you get picky about stereo, the separate preamps allows you to upgrade only what you need to.
FYI I use a passive preamp, FT Audio ($500), and it sounds great, and it has support from other descriminating users of very expensive systems. Of course the key is your amp's ability to take the signal directly from your cdp (with about a 3db loss). For details you can email the guys at FT audio or also Placette, which makes the next step up quality passive (at $1400 and it has remote).
Larry Dunn
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