New preamp

[bikerboy]

I have been moving to more xlr sources as of late so I wanted a preamp with at least 3 xlr(balanced) inputs. I have a DIY phono , CD transport and dac so kits I assemble are doable for me. I found a Relaixed2 preamp and built it up. Relay controlled low gain opamp. I just finished the zircote face and applied the first coat of sea fin. Sounds great and remote controlled. The buffalo 3 sounds sweeeeet!

[SCompRacer]

Kewl! Beautiful wood! When I tired the BIII balanced direct to my active xover/amps it nudged me into a balanced pre.

I'm in for the second GB for the Paradise MC phono pre boards.

[hochpt21]

Damn...some of you folks have unbelievable skill. Impressive.

I like the look of your wood as well.

[EndersShadow]

I like the look of your wood as well.

Seriously lol

[EndersShadow]

But seriously, can we get some more pics of the gear in your rack... looks pretty darned awesome!

[hochpt21]

Yea, and is that a framed Zep album in the background?

[dromunds]

Good eyes, hochpt21, that sure appears to be III. Envious of the your skills, bikerboy, looks awesome!

[zingo]

Very nice! The looks put my Zen Line Stage to shame, but I'll challenge you on the sound... :)

[bikerboy]

Hi guys,
Thanks for the props on the setup. I love the way it sounds.
Rich-I signed up for the gb on the paradise after your response. I have been thinking about that one for a while. The Retro doesn't have enough gain for the denon 103r. I also just got shipping confirmation on the SDTrans384 from Japan. The buffalo is going to be fed clean 1s and 0s from an sd card player.

Jake- You should bring it over. Digital and vinyl are sounding very nice.

[SCompRacer]

Rich-I signed up for the gb on the paradise after your response. I have been thinking about that one for a while. The Retro doesn't have enough gain for the denon 103r. I also just got shipping confirmation on the SDTrans384 from Japan. The buffalo is going to be fed clean 1s and 0s from an sd card player.

Kewl! I like it better than the Pass Pearl II; we won't be having to swap speaker/headshell leads either (the Pearl II inverts phase). Salas of power supply fame has a Paradise in progress too and has been adding some input. I don't know if it will be any better than the Krell MM/MC phono but the bench needs another project. Hopefully there will be another GB for parts. Kewl on the SDTrans384 too!

[zingo]

Once I finish the secondary wiring on it, I'll let you borrow it to compare.

[KLapinas]

Sweeeeet!

[bikerboy]

A few hi rez pics from the Sony Nex-7 w 10-18 wide angle. I got 4-16 gb sd cards so I have tons of music to convert. The SDTrans384 is a amazing sounding unit. The preamp is so very transparent that I am finding music I previously thought sounded well recorded to be not so good now. But it all sounds so much more real, better space definition, more natural.