excellent preamp wanted

[Philiphifi]

hi - has anyone got a mint audio note m3 upwards, shindo, kondo or mactone for a good price that they want to sell?

thank you

[Barry]

hi - has anyone got a mint audio note m3 upwards, shindo, kondo or mactone for a good price that they want to sell?

thank you

Hello Philip,

Please can you go to the Welcome area and introduce yourself, and tell us a little about yourself, your tastes in music and your audio system.

When you have done that and made four additional posts, you will be able to send and receive PMs, so if any Member here can help you with your enquiry they will be able contact you.

[hifinutt]

good to have you , i am sure you have already looked at definative site but they do have a mactone pre

https://www.definitiveaudio.co.uk/stuff-list.html

[Philiphifi]

Thank you for letting me know Phil. I am hoping to buy privately so that it's cheaper than from dealers.

[hifinutt]

possibly but not always and you don`t get the back up you would from a dealer should things go wrong . kevin has some lovely stuff

[montesquieu]

possibly but not always and you don`t get the back up you would from a dealer should things go wrong . kevin has some lovely stuff

Especially when it comes to Mactone. Have heard anecdotal reports of reliability problems. Also I think that one at Definitive has been sitting around literally for years. I tried to get a demo of it around two years ago before buying the EAR 912.

Also - addressed to the op - it seems an odd way to pick a pre. AN AN-M3 is an entirely different beast to a Shindo for example (frankly I’m not the biggest fan of either, but for very different reasons) I think you might be advised to have a listen around first.

[Lee Henley]

FWIW I tried the AN M-3 with my AN Empress Silver Monoblocks, I didn’t get on with it in all honesty, felt that it bloated the sound too much in my system at the time, I ended up with the Hattor Passive Pre which for the money is a killer

[hifinutt]

one like this lee ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hattor-Audio-Passive-Preamplifier/152985028385?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.M BE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50545%26meid%3Dc30de2512c174d6 ab859b7113e379088%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D 12%26sd%3D121875760583%26itm%3D152985028385&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

not sure about price as this company on ebay [globalica ]tends to be expensive


did you import yours ?

[Lee Henley]

I imported mine from the manufacture in Poland, I have the Tekman Rey resistors in mine

The one on eBay is expensive for secondhand, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t pay much more for a new one


one like this lee ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hattor-Audio-Passive-Preamplifier/152985028385?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.M BE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50545%26meid%3Dc30de2512c174d6 ab859b7113e379088%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D 12%26sd%3D121875760583%26itm%3D152985028385&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

not sure about price as this company on ebay [globalica ]tends to be expensive


did you import yours ?

[hificricketboy]

Not quite in the same realms as the list above, I have an EAR 802 pre which is available. It has been in my system for many years and has partnered various power amps. I see you have 300B Audion Silver Knight monoblocs from your intro post. I used to own a pair and ran them with the EAR to good effect. It most recently partnered a Border Patrol 300BSE.

Let me know if you want more info.

[hifinutt]

I imported mine from the manufacture in Poland, I have the Tekman Rey resistors in mine

The one on eBay is expensive for secondhand, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t pay much more for a new one

thanks lee

[Philiphifi]

Thank you Rob for your help but I think I'll wait