Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier

Bill

Agree on all points. I believe what you are describing is personal taste and style. My system can be very dynamic (tube change, maxed out front end, etc) given the source, and since my speakers extend to 22 hz, its sufficiently scaled to my personal taste. My room is a significant component and I am glad its not so conventional.

I have been able to tweek Joseph's preamp to maximize midbass and bass dynamics with little compromise. The amp I am using is custom with 6 seperate power supplies as the main generator, so there is no craping out on dynamic peaks. So the heart is Josephs AH pre and the amp/speaker are the brains. Perhaps the only weakness is the digital front end I am temporarily using. But perhaps not.

A friend came to visit and declared the system outrageously good and was shocked at the bass output of the system.

Overall, perhaps the decision is going to be more who is the bigger audience and you are probably correct on that score. Either way, I predict he will be successful.

Front end: Modified by Joseph. Toshiba 3990
Preamp: Audio Horizons with custom isolation
SET: Custom 7 watt
Speakers: Gabrielle Rosinante
Cables: Gabrielle Revelation Golds

La45, I would love to know more about your amp. Who made it etc? It sounds very interesting to me. You're right about personal tastes and style. Funny thing is they change and someday I may be back to a SET amp. Don't know, but for now I am pleased with my current set up - just as you are.

Bill

Bill,

It was a gentleman who built it for his own system and decided to let it go since it mated extremely well with my speakers. When I looked at similar designs I could not believe the difference in power supply capacitors in comparison for about 10x the price of this amp.

The problem is I do not believe he is producing this amp anymore.

La45,
Can you tell me what mods Joseph did to your Toshiba SD-3990? Also, a brief description of sound of CD's before and after mods? How much for the mod?

After reading the features of this preamp, it appears it has neither a balance control nor a mute switch. Is this correct?

These are basic features of just about every preamp I can recall.