Good pre for my sda's

keith allen

I need some input on choosing a preamp for my sda-1a's.I now use a nad c370 intergrated,with a music hall mmf25 cd player.Im going to upgrade my xovers as well as the tweeters,was actually going to do that first but it looks like I have a serious buyer for my nad and a pair of m10-2's.I have two carver tfm24 amps running my livingroom rig,so I going to move one to the sda's and add a good preamp with it.Im getting $400 for my gear and can put an extra $200 with it,I think I can get something pretty decent for that.I would appreciate any recomdations.

thsmith

I like the Adcom GFP-750 on my 1Cs. You will definately like the XO and Tweet upgrades.

keith allen

Anybody else?

keith allen

How about ya'll just post what preamp you use on your sda's

Toolfan66

Gfp-750

BB3

Anthem AVM50V and Carver C-16

keith allen

Adcom seems fairly popular,I just mssied a gfp 565 on the ebay

keith allen

BB3 wrote: »

Anthem AVM50V and Carver C-16

I do like the carver stuff,I have a ct26v on my livingroom rig,which is not one of their better pre's I know

shack

NAD C160 pre-amp with my NAD C270 amp.

RuSsMaN

How about a passive? Something like CI Audio. Fact is, your Music Hall has 2v outputs, thats more than enough to drive the Carvers. Unless you feel you need an active gain stage, keep it simple. More often than not less turns out to be more in the audio world.

Just throwing it out there.....

Cheers,
Russ

Tony M

Rotel RSP-980 pre amp

erniejade

I just sold my 565 on ebay. ( hope it was not mine? Looks like someone at the last sec won with a 260 bid) I had it on here for about a month with no offers. With my 1.2 or 2.3 it did sound great. I used it for a few years and I liked the adcom 565 and I would recommend that to anyone unless you want to spend a little bit more and go tube. I am now using a carver C-19 tube preamp. I will never go back to a SS pre.

george daniel

Belles 20 or 21a--with auricaps.

Now at Troys', he had a CJ-5 in his SDA rig and it sounded very,very nice.

rocket

check with balanced audio technology

george daniel

here you go

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1262860447&/Conrad-Johnson-PV-12-no-phono

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1262155628&/Conrad-Johnson-pv7-with-phono-

Schurkey

Had a GFP-565 for many years and liked it a lot. Went to "home theater" from 2-channel in '03 or '04, and now use an Aragon Stage One. Have also put the Aragon 24K into the system, that's a real honey, and has a phono section (the Stage One does not.)

Aragon equipment is often under-priced on the used market. The older stuff is built like a tank, very reliable, and high-quality. A Stage One, 24K, 18K or 28K can be had for pennies on the dollar in today's market. Even the Aurum/Ingot can be had for ~$600--$700 although they aren't as readily available as some of the other ones I've listed.

vijayl

Carver CT-17

vc69

RuSsMaN wrote: »

How about a passive? Something like CI Audio. Fact is, your Music Hall has 2v outputs, thats more than enough to drive the Carvers. Unless you feel you need an active gain stage, keep it simple. More often than not less turns out to be more in the audio world.

Just throwing it out there.....

Cheers,
Russ

Agreed. Out of curiosity, what passive preamps would you recommend?

george daniel

I've got an Adcom passive soon to be on the way,can't wait to try it with the 2ch gear.

Phil Dawson

B&K Ref 10 upgraded to a Ref 50 by the factory. HK Citation for the TT.
Phil

SRS-SDA Front
2 cs400i Center
SRS-SDA Rear
Shure 12in sub
B&K ref 10 pre-pro upgr to ref 50
Techniques 1200 TT
Mac MR71 Tuna
Lexicon rt-20 uni player
HK citation pre for TT
2 PSE Studio Mono Blocks
4 PSE Studio Stereo Amps
1 Mac 2100 Amp for sub

analog97

Hagerman Clarinet, upgraded with Auricaps.

Paden501

I use Carver CT-17. It's not bad.

keith allen

Thanx for all your input,decided on an adcom gfp565,its on its way!Thanx again:)

Bigerik

Love my Carver C-19!