eisenach
19-09-2016, 13:18
Primare SP31 Home Cinema pre-amp and processor (no onboard power amps).
I bought this recently because Primare's Pre32 had greatly impressed me when I had briefly set it up with my active ATC speakers in the front room. The Pre32 is in the main system now, but in many ways this is just as good and the Home Cinema origins mean that it has a very useful good quality DAC on board. The stereo preamp section is essentially the same as that in Primare’s Pre30 stereo preamp.
It works very well, with a clear, clean, detailed full sound and the numerous digital inputs make it a very useful piece of kit. It also has one fully balanced analogue input on XLR and balanced XLR outputs, as well as rca outputs. Because it’s an older item, there are no HDMI video connections, although composite, S-video and component are all well catered for, but rather, think of it as a very well equipped stereo pre that can also do a lot more !
In the end, I'm only selling because I found another Pre32 at a very attractive price, although, frankly there's very little difference in sound (the display on the Pre32 is beautiful, though!) All the audio processing is currently switched off, and it needs connecting to a TV via a composite (yellow rca) cable to access the setup menus.
Two photos here and a link to the album on Photobucket. Classic lines and battleship build quality.
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/eisenach2/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0014_zpsytwwqjkt.jpg (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/media/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0014_zpsytwwqjkt.jpg.html)
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/eisenach2/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0017_zps6siyywi6.jpg (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/media/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0017_zps6siyywi6.jpg.html)
http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/slideshow/Primare%20SP31%207
£430 including UK mainland p&p.
I bought this recently because Primare's Pre32 had greatly impressed me when I had briefly set it up with my active ATC speakers in the front room. The Pre32 is in the main system now, but in many ways this is just as good and the Home Cinema origins mean that it has a very useful good quality DAC on board. The stereo preamp section is essentially the same as that in Primare’s Pre30 stereo preamp.
It works very well, with a clear, clean, detailed full sound and the numerous digital inputs make it a very useful piece of kit. It also has one fully balanced analogue input on XLR and balanced XLR outputs, as well as rca outputs. Because it’s an older item, there are no HDMI video connections, although composite, S-video and component are all well catered for, but rather, think of it as a very well equipped stereo pre that can also do a lot more !
In the end, I'm only selling because I found another Pre32 at a very attractive price, although, frankly there's very little difference in sound (the display on the Pre32 is beautiful, though!) All the audio processing is currently switched off, and it needs connecting to a TV via a composite (yellow rca) cable to access the setup menus.
Two photos here and a link to the album on Photobucket. Classic lines and battleship build quality.
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/eisenach2/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0014_zpsytwwqjkt.jpg (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/media/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0014_zpsytwwqjkt.jpg.html)
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/eisenach2/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0017_zps6siyywi6.jpg (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/media/Primare%20SP31%207/DSC_0017_zps6siyywi6.jpg.html)
http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/eisenach2/slideshow/Primare%20SP31%207
£430 including UK mainland p&p.