Wanted: Budget Preamp

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msb1
Stammgast

#1 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 08:59

Hi,
A friend is looking to buy a budget preamp. Used in perfect condition would be ideal. Any available?

Amp_Nut
Inventar

#2 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 10:32

Viren offers a (New) Valve Pre amp for Rs 15K ( I Think ... Viren, is that correct ? )

I heard one, and liked its sound quality, at that price... VERY Good Value.

Savyasaachi
Inventar

#3 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 11:10

there is a Pass Labs B1 clone preamp for sale on diyaudio.com for 125$

Arj
Inventar

#4 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 15:44

If you are looking for a budget amp i would second Amp_nut by recommending Virens pre. have only heard good stuff about it and most people seem to be using it with much higher priced gear..so definitely VFM.

abhi.pani
Inventar

#5 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 16:21

yes, it is good. In fact with little modifications, viren's preamp can take you to a level where you wouldnt know what your are missing till you hear something better..nice

Arj
Inventar

#6 erstellt: 11. Apr 2009, 17:32

BTW, viren a question for you..if the modifications really are good, would you be planning on changing anything to the stock preamp itself ?

viren
Stammgast

#7 erstellt: 12. Apr 2009, 05:51

Hi,

If I understand properly, the new Lyrita preamp already has the modifications undertaken by "reignofchaos" in it.

Major changes from the earlier version are - a switch to the 5687 valve in the line stage, 5751 valves in the phono stage, 5Z4G as the rectifier. The RIAA equalization in the phono stage has been revised. Resistors used are Kiwame, coupling capacitors are Russian paper-in-oil. The power supply caps use paper-in-oil bypass caps.

In all, I would say its a new preamp!

Pricing : Lyrita Lync line preamp Rs.20,000
Lyrita Lync phono preamp Rs.20,000
Lyrita Lync line/phono preamp Rs.22,000

Viren

Amp_Nut
Inventar

#8 erstellt: 12. Apr 2009, 16:50

Another Option is from Advance Acoustic.

They have a range of SUPERB VFM products.

Advance Acoustic

.. available in India deom Nova Electronics : 022-6007700

They have a Pre amp MPP 206

MPP 206

It is well built, sounds CERY nice, with Metal Remote, and Phono stage .. for Rs 25,000 from Nova.

They also have an Integrated amp with Remote for Rs 25K.

Incidebntally, they also have a Very Impressive looking DAC

DAC

for about Rs 35K. It even upsamples to 386 KHz !

Manek
Inventar

#9 erstellt: 12. Apr 2009, 18:02

Hi

I use virens older preamp with 6sn7 and ez80 as rectifier.
I had mine modded with the new paper in oil caps mentioned and there definately is a good improvement. They take a while to open up.

Manek

square_wave
Inventar

#10 erstellt: 13. Apr 2009, 08:58

There is a Jeff Rowland Design Consonance Preamp for sale with a friend of mine.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1243625442

Call Pankaj at 0-9845044549

Gelscht
Gelöscht

#11 erstellt: 13. Apr 2009, 09:18

Hi,

There is a Lyrita pre for sale in Bhopal.

http://www.hifimart.com/202/349/Lyrita_audio_pre_amplifier.html

I have no conection with the seller.

Regards
Rajiv

msb1
Stammgast