Help with finding ultra-transparent pre-amp

Tvad, sorry you took this personal, I am only telling Sashav that the Lamm LL2 Deluxe can be a good choice and not to rule it out because of one negative thread. If you don't like what I have said, then take a hike and leave your thoughts out of this forum.
Sashav, good luck on finding the right preamp. I have had many high end preamps and I have found this LL2 deluxe to be just as good as most very high end preamp as a stock preamp and at a very reasonable price. With the modifications that I have done on this LL2 Deluxe, it will be very hard to find any stock preamp to out perform this preamp.

04-25-08: Jagdynamics
Tvad, sorry you took this personal, I am only telling Sashav that the Lamm LL2 Deluxe can be a good choice and not to rule it out because of one negative thread. If you don't like what I have said, then take a hike and leave your thoughts out of this forum.

Offering an alternate point of view is not an indication of taking something personally, unlike lashing out at someone for expressing it.

In fact, it seems we agree about the LL2 Deluxe's transparency/neutrality. In November you wrote:

11-30-07: Jagdynamics
I replace my accuphase c-2800 preamp with a lamm LL2 deluxe and the lamm lack in detail with high's/lows until I replace the stock tubes with mullards.

You wrote the LL2 Deluxe lacked detail in the highs and lows. Lack of highs and lows are characteristics of a preamp that lacks transparency and neutrality.

If you re-read all I have written in this thread, and all I have written about the LL2 Deluxe in about 25 other threads, you will see that I owned one and that I loved it.

IMO, in my system, it was not as neutral as the Modwright, Atma-Sphere, First Sound or Bryston preamps I have owned.

Lack of ultimate transparency/neutrality doesn't mean the preamp doesn't sound wonderful. In fact, I enjoyed the LL2 Deluxe more than the Bryston, Modwright and First Sound preamps, and if the LL2 Deluxe was balanced (a preferred requirement of Sashav's mentioned above), it's a good bet I'd still own one.

Frankly, we both seem to be admirers of this preamp, and we are both believers in the benefits of using Mullard Blackburn tubes. So, other than differing opinions about the degree of neutrality of the stock unit (which your November post indicates you actually experienced), I cannot understand what your beef is.

Well, took delivery and set it up about 10 minutes ago. Cold out of the box it's obvious this is something.

beware of what you want, for you may get it, tehn what ?

most preamps tend towards the "truth". pick any solid state preamp, and most tube preamps. you won't be disappointed.
you will attain as much resolution as you want and more.

here is a simple suggestion: nuforce preamp.

Bar81, no more suspense please, let’s hear impressions, from the cold start :)
BTW, what is the rest of your system?