Mono tube preamp with early EQ options?

Posted by Thermionic27609 (A) on April 13, 2015 at 15:55:19

I have a customer with a lot of older records who's interested in finding a mono tube preamp that features some of the various different EQ curves of the late 40s/early 50s.

Some of the ones he mentioned to me, the Marantz Model 1, the McIntosh C8, and the Brook 4B are pretty rare and expensive these days. I mentioned the Scott 121 series to him, but checking prices, even those are no longer inexpensive. (I haven't been in Gear Acquisition Mode for a while.)

Is there such a thing as a sleeper in this category anymore, or have all the good vintage pieces been discovered? At current prices for used gear, probably in need of rebuilding, I'm almost thinking I could build him a new preamp, copying one of the vintage circuits. (Of course, a custom preamp won't have vintage collector value, but still...)

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Topic - Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Thermionic27609 15:55:19 04/13/15 (20)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Crazy Dave 09:33:59 04/20/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Satxhifi 17:41:19 04/17/15 (0)

Quad QCII mono preamp - kintyre695 11:46:29 04/17/15 (0)

The Fisher 50-PR - DFaulds 05:14:21 04/16/15 (0)

Rek-O-Kut Re-Equalizer - Dave Pogue 06:59:54 04/15/15 (1)

Agreed - sberger 15:41:06 04/15/15 (0)

Pickering 400? - GRH 14:29:12 04/14/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Eli Duttman 14:18:39 04/14/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - coffee-phil 09:43:44 04/14/15 (3)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Thermionic27609 13:59:07 04/14/15 (2)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - theaudiohiffle 10:48:12 04/25/15 (1)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - theaudiohiffle 14:34:08 04/25/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - dcharvonia 08:02:43 04/14/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - Crazy Dave 07:57:31 04/14/15 (0)

you might try - realistico 06:21:50 04/14/15 (2)

RE: you might try - johnmil 06:54:15 04/14/15 (1)

RE: you might try - Chinacat 07:08:30 04/14/15 (0)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - 6bq5 16:44:08 04/13/15 (2)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - SteveBrown 06:35:43 04/19/15 (1)

RE: Mono tube preamp with early EQ options? - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 14:55:19 04/19/15 (0)

Mono tube preamp with early EQ options?

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