Things come and go at Jerry Towers.Originally Posted by Ninanina
Jerry if it was soo good what have you replaced it with ? I have a friend who is looking for a passive pre and would be interestedI just like to try different things.
Currently, I have 2 integrated amps (1 ss, 1 valve - see my siggie below) and another integrated (Virtue Audio class D) is about to arrive. And I have a fab active pre (a Restek) that does some dynamic and other stuff that passives don't while achieving very high levels of clarity for when the next power amp is selected.
But yep, the little Tiz is a great sounding unit, imo. It doesn't quite have the sheer transparency of a good stepped attenuator passive, but it also lacks the tonal starkness that can appear in some systems with passive preamps. I compared it directly with a stepped Glasshouse No. 1 passive pre, and I actually preferred the Tizzie. It was just nicer to listen to.
But I hadn't used it for a while and my kind and generous offer of loaning it out hadn't been taken up since the beginning of the year, so a little bit of shelf space has now been cleared.
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