Retirement and downsize make available this wonderful preamp. This is likely the best preamp of which you have heard so little. The unit was $8800 when I purchased it and sells for up to $10,000 now. Will sell my unit for $2495 oboShipping will be at actual cost of shipping and insurance to buyer's location
Payment by paypal will add actual cost: 2.9% in US and 3.9% worldwide Sound is exceptional - lighting fast, yet full bodied and fleshed out. I would encourage you to read the feedback at the page linked below for more descriptions. I have been fortunate to own MANY of the best high enf preamps over the years and this has remained one of my absolute favoites - it really allows the remainder of your equipment to show their mettle. The unit is in very good condition with light scratches to the acrylic. This unit is currently set-up for manual (non-remote) operation. It includes the Tube Distinctions remote control and the unit has the remote receiver installed, but it is not paired. For remote operation, you will need to go through the trial and error process of pairing (no specific remote code is known) Basics on the unit:
• Five line level inputs (no on-board photo)
• Two outputs per channel makes it simple for bi-amping or sub out
• Fully dual mono circuitry, including power supply and transformers.
• Alps volume control for infinitely variable manual level control (**a remote is included, but is not paired with unit)**
• 120v Operation
• Casework; solid black acrylic with silver metal Some detail from Tube Distinctions description: This is the new line level pre-amp from Tube Distinctions, aptly named the 'Soul-Mate', as it was originally designed specifically to compliment the existing Soul Series power amplifier range. Like the amplifiers, it is quite unique in design and it's the first pre-amp to incorporate the new two stage 'Hyper Regulators' that are unique to the Soul Series products.This now means at last there is no need for the use of cheap, mass produced, off the shelf regulators in any of the gain stage circuitry of the 'Soul-Mate' what so ever... The design criteria for the ideal preamp is as i am sure you will agree a very important one, here are just a few of the atributes the soul-mate has to offer: Shortest signal path posible, directly coupled, with perfect channel balance at all usable frequencies, the ability to place the all important power supplies [including large low noise twin transformers] and regulation devices as close as posible to the circuitry they are supplying, Ultra-wide frequency response, low output impedence to ensure correct amplifier drive capability at all frequencies and loads, exceptionally low distortion figures and noise... ONLY with carefull design and layout, and the use of modern component technology is the soul-mate with all its exceptional atributes idealy and able to be contained in one neat unit, with no need to house the power supplies in an aditional box for what ever reason... The signal path is 'directly coupled through out' and uses high power FET's, the silicon world's closest offering to the vacuum tube in terms of operation... At the heart of the power supplies, buried in the lower chassis of the preamp is a pair of 100va low noise transformers, one for each channel! there is also an aditional single low noise transformer fitted in the same housing to supply the remote control board and ilumination. As stated The Soul-Mate is one of the rare preamps that uses totally direct coupling, hence the circuitry features a soft start which eliminates pops and bangs on first turn on. Also, each Soul-Mate incorporates constant DC correction circuitry to cancel out any un-desireable DC element appearing at the output at any volume level. All these exceptional features combined contribute to a pre-amp that is not only very linear, and quiet, but also a joy to listen to.
Includes:
Double box
Manual
Optional unpaired remote (unit is currently set for manual volume operation)
OEM power cord
Silver-Gold HiFi Tuning fuse
|