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Highlights

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Quality


It has a nice, warm, wide range with the chinese tubes it came with.


Even with the bad transformer, i would buy this pre-amp again.


Now, the cr-2040 is no slouch - i think this pre-amp adds little to the quality of the output of the native sound of the cr-2040.


If this level of audio quality is the entry level, i can only assume what is ahead.

Competitiveness


After opening up the unit, troubleshooting and a couple of email in consultation with douk audio, we concurred that the power b...  Read More


I also have a chromecast audio streamer, and a blue sound node (latest version - 2021).


Tips: solder a panasonic 1000uf 35v fm capacitor to the missing slot near the power output and bypass it with a audyn 0.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, chinese, quality, forward and new.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.2% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 13 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 27 2023.

Helpful InsightsBETA

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ive replaced the two front tubes with russian tubes and have a russian power tube on the way


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I might try to design some cooling system for it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Cheaplots of inputs and outputs45w drawcons low end distorts at high gainunit gets hot after and you need to take breaks each 2 hours for 10 minutes


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Switching power supply and not a transformer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Tips solder a panasonic 1000uf 35v fm capacitor to the missing slot near the power output and bypass it with a audyn 0


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you have a lot of cash to spend then upgrade the 4 output coupling capacitors to audyn true coppers 0


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These mods will itself cost more than the unit so beware


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These mods can be done within 30 minutes

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