Highlights
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
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great, chinese, quality, forward and new. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 13 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 27 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
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