Pimpin a Pretek
Hey All,
I know its not a very well regarded preamp on this forum, but I've just bagged myself an old Linn Pretek. I got it for a very good price, so I thought I would give it a whirl. I have been looking for a preamp to go with my gainclone monoblocks for a wee while now.
First impressions are that its certainly very large , and that the the MC phono stage alone is worth the price I paid for it. I think a cambridge audio 640p could be on the market very soon. The pretek came with a powertek power amp, which I hooked up for five minutes. I very quickly swapped the gainclones back in as the powertek lacked dynamics.
The pretek supplies plenty of gain; I barely have the dial at 3 o'clock whilst playing CDs.
The bass has increased, but is slightly less defined.
So I was wondering if there were any mods I could perform to up the performance of this much berated preamp. This was part of my reason for purchase, to get myself a preamp that didn't break the bank and, to which, I could take a soldering iron without my backside puckering for fear of doing something wrong. With this in mind I opened it up last night for a gander, and I saw there were plenty of blackgate caps, which I can only assume is a good thing. But as I am only a paint by numbers DIYer, I will take a couple of nudey shots tonight to aid those who would suggest some simple mods.
I would also love to hear from any pretek owners who have setup suggestions.
Nathan
DIY is fine and dandy, but just try selling it on!
Nathan.