WTB: Analog Preamplifier
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Anybody got something stashed?
Budget around $1,700 and tube or solid state works.
This will control the SDA 3.1TL rig.
Peace,
Eric
Budget around $1,700 and tube or solid state works.
This will control the SDA 3.1TL rig.
Peace,
Eric
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Old/Vintage or newer?
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Eric....pm sent.Yep, my name really is Bob.
Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub. -
Also sending a PM.
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Thank you for the offers folks! Still looking.
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Interested in what you end up landing.
Would like a report back on your listening impressions.
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Working on a deal for a Musical Fidelity M8, but that is way out of my league price wise. I'll have to sell more goodies...
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An Excellent unit, highly recommend.
Had some Musical Fidelity gear years ago, KW500, and loved it.
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Thank you to the members who reached out with some amazing offers.
I decided on an older Accuphase C200. Hopefully sounds as pretty as she looks...
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This preamp was introduced in 1973, I would get someone to look over it, clean pots and see if any caps need replacement.Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
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For sure.
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Beautiful looking piece of gear.
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Cool! Love the vintage look, makes me feel young(er).Yep, my name really is Bob.
Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub. -
not just beautiful looking...skipshot12 wrote: »Beautiful looking piece of gear.
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not quite apples to apples, but a third-party "reviewer" @ ASR put a (by the looks of it) lovingly re-habbed C-200x through its paces and loved it.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/accuphase-c-200x-review-vintage-preampifier.69516/
since I know many of you are loath to venture over there
(and not that I blame you, let me be clear! 
)The Accuphase C-200X is a vintage preamplifier that was available from 1980 to 1983. It is the successor of the C-200S which was itself an evolution of the original C-200 that was first released in 1973.
In today's money (2026), the Accuphase C-200X would cost roughly $4000, not cheap.All the above measurement are sufficient to kill the perception that this preamp would modify the sound of any other device, or that it would sound different from the previously reviewed Accuphase C-280. The bandwidth is flat, the distortion nearly absent, and there's only random noise below the resolution of the Audio CD, when it comes to line stage.
Outstanding performances are delivered by the Phono stage, to keep it totally transparent.
All in all, it means this is straight wire with gain, with low or high level inputs, and whatever the applied gain is.
What more to desire? I honestly do not know, but I am impressed by this (soon to be) half a century old device. It still delivers a wide range of very good performances, even by today's standards.
