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In Reply to: RE: What's your opinion on newly built tube gear? posted by airtime on February 09, 2015 at 07:02:41
The Bob Latino amplifiers are an example of new gear. The amplifiers use quality parts, a PCB board and performs well. The preamp board uses different tubes vs the Dynaco vintage design and adds a CCS in the phase inverter cathode circuit.
As for those old 'it sucks' theories, an amplifier does not require a tube rectifier to sound good too. The new SS rectifiers are electronically quiet and provide better voltage regulation.
I prefer hard wired, however using a PCB does not always ensure an amplifier sucks too. Example- Blueberry preamp. The Blueberry does not suck in the least!
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What do you think of Bob Latino's SP-9 or SP-14 preamps?
I was very interested in buying one. But for some reason I've been leaning towards a Conrad Johnson Classic 2SE preamp.
This is for a solid state preamp with 10k input impedance. However later in life this preamp would be for either a CitV or, depending on fundages, a Bob Latino ST-70 kit.
I have the cash to dump into a preamp. But I really don't want to waste it and short change myself later on on the amp part.
I'm not in a hurry right now being I may be relocating soon and I'm "downsizing" my house.
charles
Ditto Ditto Ditto!!
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
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