Boulder preamp

Joey_V

Went down to my dealer aka crack house in Oklahoma. Brought a club member with me who bought an entire HRS SXR rack system for his Vac statement system.

We got to demo a full Boulder and Rockport Set up, with arc 6se linestage pre in addition to the arc3se phono stage.

I’m not sure if I’ve just been blinded by the whole tube pre concept all these years since I heard a Cary tube preamp at my friend’s system in Chicago a decade and a half ago… but man. That Boulder 2110 preamp with the Boulder 2150 monoblocks… something else. You’d figure it was sterile or had a sheen… but wow, I thought it was a step above the audio research 6se line and Boulder 2150 combo.

Just another reminder, just when you think you know - maybe you just don’t know.

invalid

Some equipment like Boulder sounds sterile if your upstream equipment isn't top notch. I bet it sounds great with that setup.

Clipdat

Nice Aurender with the transparent top.

treitz3

Beautiful rack.....gotta admit that. I like how it can grow with the system, as the needs change.

So, question for you. Did this system raise the bar for you (sonically) and reset your goals?

Tom

Clipdat

No doubt about it, HRS racks are simply stunning.

Joey_V

treitz3 wrote: »

Beautiful rack.....gotta admit that. I like how it can grow with the system, as the needs change.

So, question for you. Did this system raise the bar for you (sonically) and reset your goals?

Tom

The rack is definitely beautiful. My friend forked over a check over 50 large for a 9 shelf unit. Crazy.

I don’t know if raised the bar sonically but it definitely gave me a few pointers to mull over. I think it was probably close to if not on par with what I have at home except I felt like he had the soundstage envelope the listener better. I like to watch from afar as I describe it. The Boulder pre was very good, it has made me think that perhaps all roads end at the Boulder 3000 series some day not too soon.