Allright.....best 1K pre-amp? (1 Viewer)

[Meaux]

Tuner is not nessary, I guess I should say prosessor..?

 

[Tom Grooms]

Adcom GFP-750 is hard to beat for under $1M. Passive and active stages, balanced and unbalanced, remote control and an HT Bypass.

 

[Meaux]

Yea, I like the specs, but I'm a little disapointed with my Adcom 550. It suddenly lost all steering direction in the Dolby surround modes, still works in 5,4 and stereo modes.

I find myself longing for the "McIntosh sound" that I once had. I sold it when I must have lost my mind.....

 

[Allen Longcor]

You could try this site: http://www.audioclassics.com/
It has lots of vintage stuff and a lot of it is McIntosh. Worth a browse.

 

[Mark Leitch]

I would go for a Lex DC-1 and the Creek passive volume control (which I believe has a passthru effect). No multichannel support, but excellent HT and two channel. May run you about $1100 (budgets are made to be broken ;-)

M.

 

[Tom Lee]

I believe you can pick up the adcom GTP-830 for about $899.99.. there's also the outlaw unit in which I do not know the model #.

 

[Dean L]

Marantz av9000 I believe can be had for under a grand on eBay.
Great unit, a bit dated;
5 channels, no DPL II, no DTS-EX, etc.
Great music performance, build quality, great remote, and a rare built in RF Demod for DD 5.1 laserdisc.
I love mine, and have no plans on upgrading.

 

[dave alan]

the outlaw 950 is the best prepro buy...ever.

 

[Craig Woodhall]

the outlaw 950 is the best prepro buy...ever.

I don't know about that, I'll take my Lexicon DC-1 v.4 over the Outlaw anyday of the week

 

[Anny Chien]

Is this for 2 channel music?

Convergent Audio Cat SL1 reference

 

[Patrick Sun]

Craig, I think Dave was referring to the Outlaw 950 as a "best buy" in terms of price/performance, not as the best pre-pro out there....ever.

 

[Craig Woodhall]

Craig, I think Dave was referring to the Outlaw 950 as a "best buy" in terms of price/performance, not as the best pre-pro out there....ever.

Patrick, I was just playing.. But a used Lexicon DC-1 v.4 for about a grand would also qualify as a "best buy" in terms of price/performance as well. That is where I would and did put my money..

Craig

 

[Steve K.H.]

Seconds on a used DC-1.

 

[Brandon Blair]

Its a little more expensive, but I really like the Audio Refinement Pre-5 DSP. It retails for $1395, but plays like some much more expensive processors I've heard.
www.audiorefinement.com
Good Luck,
Brandon

 

[Lee Scoggins]

the outlaw 950 is the best prepro buy...ever.

I also question that. My Audio Research pre-amp eats it.
The Nelson Pass designed Adcom preamp 750 mentioned earlier is an incredible deal.
Also check out:
Parasound P-3 for $800
Quad QC-24 for $999
Quad 99 for $999
Rotel RC-1090 for $1,199
Quicksilver Line Stage for $1095
Rogue Audio 66LSR for $1,295