I have got an itch to try a Densen B-200 pre amp, has anyone got one or had one ?
whats the opinion of it ?.
Im after trying one in place of my MFA pre amp.
Location: Sheffield
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I'm Mark.
I have got an itch to try a Densen B-200 pre amp, has anyone got one or had one ?
whats the opinion of it ?.
Im after trying one in place of my MFA pre amp.
Never heard one.
It might be worth asking Gazjam of this parish - IIRC he has one.
My opinion - MFA = Music First Audio? You'd be hard pushed to find anything that neutral.
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
the densen would be worth comparing to the classic mark 1 . it may be a sideways move or it may be an upgrade . wonder if anyone has one you could borrow
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/densen.htm
some guys raving about the herron pre here
http://www.audioshark.org/pre-amps-9...ier-12302.html
of course a massive upgrade is to get jonathan to change your v1 to a v2 . flippin big improvement in performance
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Eric Bibb
Location: Sheffield
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I'm Mark.
You maybe right the MFA classic v1 is nice.
Hi Phil, I had seen the Densen B-200 review, The herron pres are expensive.
I forgot I could get the MFA tvc's upgraded to the version 2 as used in the MFA classic v2,
just spoken to Johnathan and it looks like that will be the way I go.
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I'm Adam.
I used to own one and had it for a good few years.
I liked it, but I sometimes found it a bit bright.
I replaced it with a Croft pre-amp and that was better.
Location: Sheffield
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I'm Mark.
i had a copper v2 before the modwright and it was so good . I also upgraded my mark one silver wired to a mark 2 silver wired and it was a brilliant improvement but I am quite happy with copper v2
ou might slip, you might slide, you might
Stumble and fall by the road side
But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
Remember you're walking up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn you around
… Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down
Eric Bibb
Its the earlier generation Densen pre I have, the DM20.
Shipped it to Densen for a service, where they fully recapped it and fitted new transformers.
Pretty much a new amp when I got it back!
Used with my 300B SET power amp, the sounds as good as I'll ever need an Amp to sound.
Densen always used to say their amps had 'Air guitar factor' and thats a great way to describe the sound.
Last edited by Gazjam; 09-07-2017 at 17:48.
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Location: Sheffield
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I'm Mark.
more dynamics , more slam and just more of everything
http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/music...pre_mk2_e.html
if you want to move to a modwright pre , they are beautifully built and have a different presentation to mfa
http://www.bd-audio.co.uk/used-and-ex-demonstration/
i had this one earlier this year and it was not bad at all . it has home theater bypass and is active . the mfa mark 2 will still be a bit better though i think but it has not remote of course and is very neutral
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ht+anniversary
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ou might slip, you might slide, you might
Stumble and fall by the road side
But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
Remember you're walking up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn you around
… Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down
Eric Bibb