What High End PreAmp do you have?

[delamostre]

My favorite preamp ONKYO P-303 with excellent sound!
His extraordinary phono stage, beats my other new comer the ONKYO P-3000!

Rare ONKYO P-303 with extra rare ONKYO U-30 passive selector:

Here, with ONKYO M-504 power amp:

My other new comer, the completely new ONKYO P-3000, matching with ONKYO M-5000 power amplifier:

TOSHIBA AUREX SY-C15, matching with his power amp SC-M15:

 

[a.wayne]

I can't seem to get rid of this Stax (and no, the bottom picture isn't a dual mono amplifier, it's just the shunt-regulated power supply ):

Had a Stax quattro 2 CD player , very fond memories ...

 

[darren]

audio research ls1

 

[captouch]

Don't know if it's high end, but here's my Conrad Johnson PV5:

Has a pretty unique chrome cover:

Very shiny. . .

Upgraded (by a previous owner) by Bill Thallman at Music Technology:

 

[fiddlefye]

Don't know if it's high end, but here's my Conrad Johnson PV5:

Has a pretty unique chrome cover:

Very shiny. . .

Upgraded (by a previous owner) by Bill Thallman at Music Technology:

Oooo very cool. Makes my PV-12 look tatty!

 

[stoutblock]

Yamaha C-2x with upgraded RCA terminals and IEC plug. I like it :yes:

 

[Poultrygeist]

Conrad Johnson PV1

 

[Hyfi]

VAC CLA1 MKII Dual Mono Tube Pre

 

[TOM1040]

Marantz SC7S2

I like it.:yes:

 

[Dr Tinear]

I'm using an Audio by Van Alstine Omega III built into a Dynaco PAT-5 chassis. It still sounds good enough to me that I haven't given in to the temptation to buy the latest AVA circuit set.

 

[AudioSoul]

I want one of those Luxman C-1000 preamps! What a beautiful preamp. I bet it sounds great to!

 

[delamostre]

My ...new "kid on the block"!

The extra rare Aurex - Toshiba SY-88.
This preamp is excellent for any MM or MC cartridge. It was bought directly from Japan.

It is very rare because it was never selling on USA or Europe.
Just only for Japanese consumers!

Selling price on 1977 was 180.000 yien.

From left to right all my three preamps:
Onkyo P-3000R, Onkyo P-303 with U-30 selector, Aurex SY-88

 

[indyhawg]

Luxman C-1000

That is one gorgeous preamp. I want one,

 

[kotofei]

Nakamichi CA-7A. Sounds great after recap, changing pots and adjusting idling currents (3x) and fitting with a Pangea power cord.

A challenger, Pioneer Elite C-91, is due to arrive next week. After bringing it in a in a working shape and usual recapping/re-potting/ re-etc I'll do a shootout.

 

[totem]

Classe DR6 MKII

Well it is a very recent acquisition but not necessarily high end.

A Classe DR6 MKII which is an early 90's version of the original DR6.

Came with original owners manual and box. Shown with outboard power supply.

Its to new to comment on so that will have to wait.

 

[Glen B]

The DR-6 MkII IS a high end product. It was Classé's TOTL preamp until it was replaced by the Model 6.

 

[delamostre]

Yes!
Definitely Classe DR-6 MKII is a Hi-End preamp!

 

[Adda]

Oh yes, that Aurex and that Classé look really nice, thanks for the view!

Now if only we could see that Nakamichi CA-7A

 

[Panotaker]

I just got a McIntosh MX130. This thing was designed as an AV preamp, but since it only does Dolby Prologic, it got outdated pretty quick, and now you can get one pretty cheap. The good thing is that they make excellent stereo preamps and have tons of inputs.

 

[SPEC2man]

The Coffman G1A

Hello,

Have any of you folks seen one of these? They are hand built by a fellow named Damon Coffman and its the most fantastic pre I have ever heard. I was running a Modwright SWL 9.0 Signature and swore I would never upgrade ... then I heard the phono stage on the Coffman. He only built 500 of them due to limited parts availability. It also has a wonderful headphone amp built in that bested my Antique Labs MG Head OTL Mark III. It really does everything well but I paid through the nose for it.

Nothing out there that looks like it ... or sounds like it. It's built like a brick outhouse and has some interesting features. It's a two chassis system with the power supply section being connected via an umbilical power cable. I hear he is working on headphone amps now ... very cool stuff.