Best old school Preamp?

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laatsch55 said:
S, you've got a fully comp 700 with 2SD555's and 2SB600's. Damn, don't get much better than that. How much to ship it here?
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Since I'm the only person in this thread that's mentioned the 2SD555's and 2SB600's, you MUST be talkin' to me..... no?
If yes, we're talking about my 200 Lee. Remember? It's got the protection relay we were chatting about.
I've decided against bastardising it, and restoring the protection that's been bypassed, and just use that for a while to see if it sounds any good.
It may give me some peace of mind for a little while, and it's not too overpowered for using here at home at modest levels.
I'll hook it up to my PL4000 later today to see wot happens.

Later that day....

Got the 200 up and running (without the 4000).
Just straight out the back of my Yamaha DMP7 mixer (as a pre-amp) running my JBL 4313B's.
Wot a surprise!
Working perfectly, and dead quiet. No buzzes or crackling or spitting, or hums or anything.
I'll have to get used to THAT! :)
 
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laatsch55 said:
That's amazing cause the 200 was the worst they built.
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well thanx for bursting my bubble....... :pale:

I've now taken an overdose of smack, slashed my wrists, and now i'm gonna hang myself......
see ya when I wake up then.... in another life! :(

I hope I've still got enough time left for another joint and a stiff drink?
Maybe a snort of coke too, and yeh, I better not forget the crack!
.... but I'm going!
 
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BD, why do they prescribe psycotropics for pain?? Do they think it's all in your head?
 
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BD, why do they prescribe psycotropics for pain?? Do they think it's all in your head?
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.... basically Lee, it's because of the depression one falls into for feeling like a completely useless piece of sh*t because dealing with pain takes away all your motivation and reason for existence.
I suppose I could always have another back op, but I'm getting too short.
I used to be 6'1". Now I'm only 4'2".....
Enough of the ops already....... before all that's left is a pair of shoes wearing a hat.
 
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NavLinear said:
Is this a Freudian slip - stiff and joint in the same sentence?
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I knew Freud was hooked on his momma and his wanger but not the slip stuff like J. Edgar Hoover!
 
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No Eureka there. He was with the Female Body Impersonators.
 
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Gepetto said:
Yamaha C-2x. Expensive and hard to find but worth it. The only thing I do not like about it is, like every Japanese piece of audio equipment ever made, they use that cheap paper based phenolic circuit board instead of FR-4 material.

I am listening to an Accuphase C-200 that I have in for repair. Also a very nice preamp, great specs, built like a brick s%^&house but suffers that same Japanese curse.
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Have you tried the phono section? That is my favorite part of the C200, the phono section is very good. Yes, is built like a rock, but soldering is not fun with those boards. Would be nice to have all new FR-4 boards available for these babies. I have a couple boards in there that are repair city. It is a joy to work on if the soldering was normal.
 
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Yes, you are correct, that is what I call the Japanese curse. They take otherwise good equipment and mess it up by using cheap components inside. Boards and semiconductors alike. The Accuphase is a twist on that curse because they drilled the holes in the board too large and used SMOBC and OSP technology on all the boards.

Despite all that, it is a great preamp.

Have not tried the phono section to any great extent. Just verified functionality.
 
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