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Best preamp for 460's?
« on: July 14, 2003, 09:25:14 AM »
Looking for opinions. I run a UA-5 now, but am thinking about adding a pre in front of it and just using it as an A>D. Maybe an MP-2? a V-2? A Sax? Like I said this is witha pair of 460's. What do you all think?
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2003, 09:26:07 AM »
Oh yeah, and a m148/248 are not options right now. ;)
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2003, 10:04:18 AM »
oh you took away my answer.
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2003, 10:39:47 AM »
Hmmm...so that's it?
148/248 or nada?
I don't buy it. :(
I really just wish I could just get the P-mod for my UA-5!
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2003, 10:48:50 AM »
that sounds like a good option, or ps-2 with a mod sbm-1. Excellent results!!!
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2003, 01:54:17 PM »
How about a v3?

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2003, 01:56:54 PM »
that sounds like a good option, or ps-2 with a mod sbm-1. Excellent results!!!

i just upgraded to 391s > ps2 > mod sbm1, glad to hear something like that!

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2003, 02:07:47 PM »
i just upgraded to 391s > ps2 > mod sbm1, glad to hear something like that!

I ran 391s>B18's>Mod SBM1 with great results.  I did add a pair of transformers to give me a bit more gain to work with, but the results were solid.

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2003, 02:16:15 PM »
im actually running the following ;D

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2003, 02:21:07 PM »
Yeah a V3 would be ideal, but it's out for the same reasons as the Oade preamps. $$$$

How do you think a V2 would sound? Same unit essentially, isn't it?
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2003, 02:31:31 PM »
Exactly the same..  definately go with the v2 unless you want the v3 a/d.
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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2003, 03:08:42 PM »
personally i've never been fond of the 480/460 > v2 sound.  fwiw i ran 480 > mp-2 for awhile and loved the combo.  with all the used mp-2s for sale these days you can score a pretty darn good deal on them too.

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2003, 03:09:56 PM »
see my post in the yard sale section for a dirt cheap mp2!!!

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2003, 03:20:49 PM »
The EAA PSP-2 sounds good w/  480's. I don't see why it would'nt sound good w/ 460's.

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Re:Best preamp for 460's?
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2003, 03:28:54 PM »
personally i've never been fond of the 480/460 > v2 sound.  fwiw i ran 480 > mp-2 for awhile and loved the combo.  with all the used mp-2s for sale these days you can score a pretty darn good deal on them too.

Thats actually what sparked the post. We're seeing a butt-load of the MP-2's now, but with them discontinuing it, it may not be long before they are hard (and pricey) to find. I love the 393>MP2 tapes I've heard.  
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