Best Of

I've been running mine since February 2012! Didn't think I'd had it that long. I originally got it to integrate into my home theater system but eventually put it in my two channel system to replace a Sonic Frontiers Line 3 preamp. It's been used with a Classe Model 25 amp, Parasound A21, and currently with a Parasound JC5. I consider it to be neutral and with a very low noise floor quiet. Definitely not a "tubey" sound but it's got a powerful and direct quality to it. It'll let the A21+ show what it's got without imposing much character of its own. The low noise floor in comparison to other preamps I've had was what's made me keep it for so long. It did allow me to really notice the sound differences between an A21 amp and the JC5. The manual says it's designed to "bloom" once the volume gets up around the half-way mark. That's where mine sounds its best.

Ordered the Main Stream yesterday.