Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid.

It appears, it is not Pass, Rowland, even Lamm etc. Who then ?
I heard about Ypsilon, though some say it is a little bright and forward sounding.

inna03-04-2019 7:56am

rcprince Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,830 posts 03-04-2019 at 07:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well, I'd add Jadis and second the Shindo and VAC recommendations. But I must have missed something, maybe in another thread--who is claiming that Lamm, Rowland and Pass don't make great active preamps? My experience with Lamm alone would dispute that claim.
rcprince Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,830 posts 03-05-2019 at 01:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete For amps and preamps, I still go with VAC, Shindo, Jadis and Lamm. I think Lamm's LL1.1 qualifies as a great preamp, and while I love my VAC amp, my Lamm monos might have been just a little more refined in some respects (not that the VAC isn't).