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[Mastergill]

No Manley 30' delivery in your erea? Bad luck man. Yes i wouldn't ship mine to you as i'm an egoist maniac person...

. Ah and i'm not a Manley dealer so i have no interest that you buy one.

Seriously, if you're willing to travel a little maybe you can check one somewhere in the US or buy blindly i dunno, you can always sell used, never seen a lot, you should have no problem selling it used. Usually people keep their Manley stuff.

 

[Jon L]

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Originally Posted by Mastergill Hey KenW, if you can, i suggest that you save until you get $5k to spend and get a Manley 300B preamp. This should end your journey and trust me this stuff is in it's own league. Drives HD-650 to a level that you need to hear to believe and i've read it works very well with RS-1 too. I will never recommend to spend $5k blindly. Try to see where is your closest Manley dealer to arrange an audition. Even if you have to spend $200-300 on a plane ticket, that worth it. Just my €0.02, good luck.

Interesting idea. I found a pretty informative review of the Manley headamp/preamp here:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...mp-6-2004.html

It would be very interesting to swap in some 'real' 300B tubes as well as better rectifier tubes, etc from stock Sovtek 300B. I'll bet something like AVVT, KR 300B would transform this preamp..

 

[Mastergill]

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Originally Posted by Jon L It would be very interesting to swap in some 'real' 300B tubes as well as better rectifier tubes, etc from stock Sovtek 300B. I'll bet something like AVVT, KR 300B would transform this preamp..

Hey you didn't read my EAT 300B "review"?

With the stock EH you're at 75-80% of the possibility of this preamp.

With the Sophia/TJ, things are getting a lot better, let say you're at 90-95%.

With the EAT it's shockingly good if i can say...110% no kidding, try it for yourself with the best source you can afford.

 

[Jon L]

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Originally Posted by Mastergill Hey you didn't read my EAT 300B "review"? With the stock EH you're at 75-80% of the possibility of this preamp. With the Sophia/TJ, things are getting a lot better, let say you're at 90-95%. With the EAT it's shockingly good if i can say...110% no kidding, try it for yourself with the best source you can afford.

Ah, I remember that EAT review. Manley Labs is like 20 minutes from where I live, and I did visit their factory before. They have an AKG K501 hooked up to every tech's workstation over there