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Which pre should I choose?

There are two Pre in our 2nd hand market. One is Accuphase C-290 (selling at: US$3300) which start to produce in 1993. The other is Accuphase C-275V (selling at: US$2600) which start to produce in 2000. My power is Accuphase CA-47 to drive Dynaudio Countour 1.3SE. I like warm & thick & not to fast sound. Do you have good ideas? I prefer to listen to classical music mostly.
faust168
aolmrd1241
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faust168  said..."Aolmrd 1241: Tks for your suggestions. I am afraid the vintage gear will always need repair constantly. It will cost your time and money and inconvenience. Also, I have heard that Tube amp. is not as durable as transister one."

I thought you were interested in vintage gear since you mentioned that the SS preamps you were interested in were up to 24 years old. With that said... try to audition a Primaluna Dialogue Premium preamp. I own one, and it rocks!  Lots of info on line. 
analogluvr
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 I cannot see parts availability being a problem either as resistors and capacitors are the same as they were years ago. There is really nothing very new in electronics. 
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roxy54
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Good medium priced tube preamps are usually trouble free as the tubes last a long time.
faust168 OP
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Dear Sirs,

Thank you very much for your response. A good tube amplifier esp. the vintage need a specilist to exam but I am not an electronic expert. And the new one are quite expensive. Also, it is important to match the pre-and the power amplifier together to push the speaker. There is very few dealer can provide such kind of service...... In addition, as a vintage gear, some are difficult to repair or finding the parts. ...... Many of the audio brands have been gone..........

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georgehifi
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faust168
  Which pre should I choose?
Schiit Freya at $699 with trail period, it has 3 different modes, tube, solid state, and passive.
Can't go wrong with this choice, specially seeing it's designed by Mike Moffat who was head designer at Theta.
http://schiit.com/products/freya

Cheers George


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