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In Reply to: Your preamp purchase is a good example posted by Frihed89 on April 26, 2007 at 15:10:11:
I actually got to compare my Mapletree with a Hovland preamp that cost somewhere around 5-8 times as much. It wasn't in my house or with my system so there's a serious limit with my evaluation. Nonetheless, the Mapletree held its own fairly well. And, this was before I upgraded the umbilical cord which has made a nice improvement. The Mapletree presented much better bass than the Hovland. But, my friend who owns the Hovland says that the bass is the Hovland's Achilles Heal. The midrange and the highs in particular were not as smooth on the Mapletree as they were on the Hovland. Musical is such a subjective criteria so take the following with whatever grain you choose, but I found the Hovland to be the more musical of the two; the Hovland really engaged me. My friend who was thinking of parting with the Hovland like the Mapletree better on the first listen, but started re-evaluating that opinion on the second listen, though some tube rolling on the Mapletree brought him back to that end slightly. He never did sell the Hovland so I guess that says something. Nonetheless, it was a very interesting experience. I still really love my little Mapletree Ultra preamp, but maybe you knew that already (and I've beaten my endorsement of it through the forums to death).
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- Re: Your preamp purchase is a good example - hartwerger 17:30:08 04/26/07 (1)
- Re: Your preamp purchase is a good example - Frihed89 15:09:42 04/27/07 (0)
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