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Dynaco PAS-4 preamp

Anybody have any experience with this vintage piece? I just picked up one and it will be my 1st adventure in tubes. Compared it to a CJ PV2, Vincent and several others and to me it sounded just as good, if not better esp in the phono stage. I'm a bit surprised there is not much info out there on the internet about this piece.
muncybob
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bdp24
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There was no PAS-4. There was a PAS-3 (tube) and a PAT-4 (transistor). May be that's why there's not much info out there on the PAS-4!
zd542
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"05-13-15: Bdp24
There was no PAS-4."

Yes there was.
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viridian
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Yes, it's from the Panor Dyna years, when Panor got control of the name. They were formerly Stereo Cost Cutters. Good build quality and nice sound as you point out.

Panor made a few tube amps as well. The Dyna ST70 MKii was a bit of a turkey, IMHO. Primarily because they used the input filters that were forwarded by Frank Van Alstine and they choked the amp at the input. They made a mono, M60 that was quite nice and some solid state amps and preamps as well.
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bdp24
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I stand corrected--my apologies!
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viridian
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Here is a link to the owner's manual, provided by that fabulous Dyna expert Bob Latino:

http://www.tubes4hifi.com/Dynaco%20PAS-4%20manual.pdf

I hope that helps.
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