Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
I had an over-sized ego once.. Marriage to a well-grounded lady, fatherhood, parental losses and a good few wake-up calls soon put an end to that I think.
Mind you, it's very hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way, ain't it Marco???
Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me
are you calling me a brown nose?
Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 7,143
I'm Dave.
Dimitri.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 7,143
I'm Dave.
Sorry but it's not possible as the amp is built inside and attached to the case and sockets - there is no PCB. To remove the guts and replace with the Micro 25 insides would be a much bigger job than building one from scratch. Have a look inside and you will see what I mean.
Anyway, as you say, you can't lose much.
Personally, I would stick with it and put any spare cash towards one of Glenn's superb power amps.
hardwired equipment is alot easier to upgrade than ones with pcbs
i don't see why this croft preamp shouldn't be any different.
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 7,143
I'm Dave.
If you are very handy with a soldering iron, have a good grasp of electronics and don't mind changing most of the components inside the Croft, I'm sure it can be done. However, I would suggest that it's not the sort of thing the average Hi-Fi purchaser would be capable of doing.