TK78
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I know this is an older thread but I read through it when I was making up my decision about getting a Budgie so it seemed appreciate. I pulled the trigger on one about a month ago. I wanted to really put it through the paces before I commented on it. I think it is phenomenal. Shannon was great to work with and answered all my questions. I like the fact that it is a true tube design and not just a solid state pre with window dressing tubes. I also like the exacta loading feature. I run a Pioneer 510-a with a Denon 110 cart through a Sansui 8080-db to Zu Omens. I always thought is sounded pretty good although I know that the Denon wasn't being maximized with the MM internal preamp on my Sansui. The Budgie fixed that. The difference was immediate -- creating drool worthy sounds out of my system.....which again, sounded pretty good to begin with. There was some so low surface noise that I had not noticed before when I first hooked up the budgie, I was using some crappy interconnects but I had a pair ordered from ZU that came in a couple of days later and cleared that right up. I have been churning through all my favorite albums any spare minute I can. Love this preamp.
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