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Suitable tube preamp for pass labs x250

I'd like to get a tube preamp to use with pass labs x250 power amp. What are your recommendations? I'd like to get a nice, smooth and rich sound from Dynaudio S5.4... I listen to mostly acoustic music, jazz/free jazz with lots of dynamics and rock and roll with plenty of lo fi recordings...

Price bracket would be $4000-$6000
Thanks a lot!
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atmasphere
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Tvad, the output impedance of the MP-1 is closer to 30 ohms, not 350. Its bandwidth is unaffected by load.
tvad
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08-18-09: Atmasphere
Tvad, the output impedance of the MP-1 is closer to 30 ohms, not 350.


Thanks very much for correcting the record. I didn't check the specs as I normally do, and I was going off memory of all the discussions regarding the 600 ohm standard, so I mistakenly thought the output impedance was 600 ohms.

At 30 ohms, there's no wonder it sounded very good with the Pass Labs XA-60.5.
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I used a First Sound preamp while I had an X250 with great results. Fernando
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