Joule Electra LA300ME. Admittedly I do own one, but it is the best I have owned AND heard AND know of! Typically I can't hold onto components....I get the gotta upgrade bug! That being said Davvy......I did put it up for sale on audiogon once, but soon changed my mind and cancelled the add.
Tally up best preamplifier ever
We have seen so many threads on what is the best preamplifier ever, but the responses end up in paragraph form as a result making it hard to get a good accessment of which preamplifier gets mentioned most or more often, which is ok, but let us see if we can get a thread going that will make it easy to tally up which preamplifier gets the most votes as the best preamplifier............. We all have different tastes let's keep in mind that the diversity is a plus and there is no need to make this a personal crusade................ I think most of us would like to see a genuinely accurate picture of which is the best preamplifier. I don't like to live by rules but if I may suggest let's keep the response limited to just the name of the preamplifier company and model name or number. Every now and then we can get a score card showing the results. I would like to start off with what I consider the best preamplifier: .............. hovland hp200