Sunfire Theatre Grand II for 2-Channel Music

falconcry72
falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
edited July 2010 in Electronics
My 2 channel music setup currently consists of a Denon 3910 SACD/CD player, a Parasound PL/D-2000 preamp, and a Parasound HCA-2200II power amp running to SDA-2B's with RD0's. This is my first "good" system and it's miles better than where I was a year ago, thanks in a HUGE part to the community of knowledgeable and helpful people here.:)

I have a local line on a Sunfire Theatre Grand II Preamp for 350, possibly lower. How's the price/ resale factor? How will this thing do for 2 Channel music?

I'm thinking that the biggest difference will be that, because I don't have an external DAC, I could use the Sunfire's DAC instead of my player's DAC, which I am assuming would be an improvement. If I am playing a SACD and using the Denon's digital output will the Sunfire be able to read it? This isn't hugely important because I mainly listen to normal CD's.

I could also end up using the Sunfire in my HT setup with a 5 channel amp down the road if I ever upgraded my 2 channel pre to something tubed...

Thoughts?:rolleyes:
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited July 2010
    I have not heard the Parasound preamp so I cannot comment on that. I can comment on the sunfire. For 2 channel or HT, they do have great sound to them. The sunfire would be able to read the cd or scad but, i dont know how much of an improvement it would be vs the built in one on the denon. The Denon 3910 is a darn nice unit....
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited July 2010
    $350 is a good price for that preamp. I have the original TGP and it does very nicely as a 2 channel pre amp.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2010
    erniejade wrote: »
    i dont know how much of an improvement it would be vs the built in one on the denon. The Denon 3910 is a darn nice unit....

    yea, after thinking about it more I am going to pass on the sunfire. The Denon is about four or five years newer than the Sunfire (2004 vs 2000), and has a decent DAC in it, so it would be hard to imagine that th Sunfire would be any better, or at least $350 better. I think I'd be better off saving the 350 to go towards a nicer tube pre down the road. Thanks guys,

    Ben
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited July 2010
    Check this one out...

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1282779561&/Rogue-99P-clean-as-can-be

    It can be found for around a grand, and Rogue makes some very nice stuff.
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