Audible illusions preamps

laotzu61
laotzu61 Posts: 327
edited July 2013 in Electronics
anyone have any experience with their products? preamps in particular. thanks.
"The symbol is not the reality"
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2013
    Yep--- L-1 and M-3,, whatcha want to know? They are good-- I prefer the l1 because it has a very good headphone out.I had no issues,,but they have a "history" of being rough on tubes--for me,that was not the case.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
  • laotzu61
    laotzu61 Posts: 327
    edited July 2013
    i'm interested in matching up a mini-mite pre with a parasound hca-1200 amp.
    "The symbol is not the reality"
  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2013
    IIRC,, AI pre amps are phase inverting,

    Our design philosophy is based on the basic audio truth “the less in the box – the better the sound”.Our exhaustive tests have proven that the addition of phase inversion stages only adds additional circuitry which complicates accurate audio signal amplification.Considering that absolute phase can be maintained by simply “reversing each speaker connection” we feel that phase
    inversion circuitry is unnecessary.

    ^^^ taken from AI's website-- the mini-mite and your parasound should play nicely together. Tubes and SS-- it's all good.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
  • laotzu61
    laotzu61 Posts: 327
    edited July 2013
    thanks, George. I got the idea of a tube pre with a ss amp from laura Dearborn's "good sound." excellent book.
    "The symbol is not the reality"
  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2013
    It should be mandatory reading.