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Does anyone know if ampsandsound provides discounts during holidays or at canjam/shows? It's rare to see their products in used market..
I had the same conversation for the Bigger. Ben v2, which is amazing, btw, and tried multiple preamps like Freya+, Jot 2, OOR, A90, Soloist GT, and Pro iCan Signature. I ended up buying a Pre90 and love the combo esp since I get a vol display and the super clean sound from my Yggy LIM. It’s a really good deal for the money and leaves my other amps to being headphone amps. The one amp that changed the sound the most was Jot 2 and the ones that cleaned it up the most was the Soloist and Pre90.Big thanks to Justin at @ampsandsound for talking with me on the phone, especially during a weekend, to answer a ton of questions for me. Looking forward to trying some new tube rolling options for the Nautilus with some NOS tubes.
One interesting finding for the other amp owners here (Nautilus or otherwise) - I was about sell my Ferrum stack until Justin told me about how a good SS pre-amp can enhance the sound of a tube amp. I decided to give it a go, and safe to say, looks like I'm not selling my Ferrum stack now The addition of a good SS pre-amp like the Ferrum OOR plus its Hypsos PSU further enhanced the already impressive dynamics and bass of the Nautilus. The extra power never hurts either.
I'd definitely encourage anyone to introduce a SS pre-amp in their chain with their A&S amp and see how that enhances the sound for you.
I use one with my Nautilus along with a pair of Klipsch r-51m and I love it. The room is small (about 14X14) so the size is perfect and once dialed in it sounds great. I would definitely recommend it to anyone primarily listening to music (it wouldn't be up to proper home theater tasks).Has any ampsandsound owners tried a REL Tzero MKIII subwoofer with their speaker setup? Any reasons it would not be recommended.
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I have an Audio-dg R28 that is behind an Audio-gd DI20HE. The R28 is a DAC/Preamp/HP amp. I use the DAC in preamp mode to drive the BB and it does make a significant difference over my other DACs. Even when I'm using one of my RME DACs for DSP/EQ, I typically still send the output to the R28 rather than directly to the BB. I think the benefits of a good preamp are often overlooked.Big thanks to Justin at @ampsandsound for talking with me on the phone, especially during a weekend, to answer a ton of questions for me. Looking forward to trying some new tube rolling options for the Nautilus with some NOS tubes.
One interesting finding for the other amp owners here (Nautilus or otherwise) - I was about sell my Ferrum stack until Justin told me about how a good SS pre-amp can enhance the sound of a tube amp. I decided to give it a go, and safe to say, looks like I'm not selling my Ferrum stack now The addition of a good SS pre-amp like the Ferrum OOR plus its Hypsos PSU further enhanced the already impressive dynamics and bass of the Nautilus. The extra power never hurts either.
I'd definitely encourage anyone to introduce a SS pre-amp in their chain with their A&S amp and see how that enhances the sound for you.
Sorry, I can't help. Let's see if we can get Justin (@ampsandsound) to weigh in.The Rockwell uses the 6AX5 rectifier, is it also compatible with the 6X5?