Tisbury Audio Mini Passive Pre-amp

[realysm42]

Anyone tried one of these:

http://www.luminousaudio.com/zcart/i...ggjlu82m1h8ur5

Seems to have a lot of love on line.

[User211]

Looks like I may be borrow-swapping an active pre with Justin this weekend - if the new one is listenable chez-J, mayhap I can pop the Tizzie in the post to Marco for a day or two's listening.

The Marsh is good so you should get the Tisbury, Marco. We thought (Apogee man Jon Oakey) the sound in your room was best stood up at the back.

Good strong sound from those 66s - I figure I like them as much as I do due to the active/passive bass drivers. Lots of surface area to move air with.

The Emission Labs tubes showed up yesterday. Very nicely made things and sonically so far seem very good - even from new. I always seem to like Eastern European tubes.

[jandl100]

Looks like I may be borrow-swapping an active pre with Justin this weekend - if the new one is listenable chez-J, mayhap I can pop the Tizzie in the post to Marco for a day or two's listening.

Oops.

What can I say?

.... the Tisbury is goin' nowhere.

The Marsh is a nice active pre, but it lacks that last layer of rez and tonal purity of the Tisbury passive. I am still madly/deeply in lurv with the Tizzie and it would drive me crazy to do without it for a few days! Sorry Marco! Sorry folks - you will have to wait a while longer to get the judgement from On High!

[User211]

Hm Jezzer's Tizzer is OK... but it had that passive problem of NOT having gain enough to drive the Apogees to decent levels yesterday when partnered with the Krell KAV250.

With some lowly recorded stuff I have the same problem with the Air Tight passive and the 211s.

The Tizzer has nice "knob feel" for the money... but the Marsh is IN ANOTHER LEAGUE for facilities/flexibility and having GAIN. Sometimes, gain is important And so is a remote control.

The Marsh is quite transparent but it ain't gonna beat a passive - not much will.

But is the Tizzer more enjoyable to listen to than a euphonic valve pre? The Tizzer lost 2 to 1 against on a Daft Punk track.

[jandl100]

I reckon your Aps are waaay less sensitive than the spec suggests!
Perhaps the mods / rebuild changed things in that regard?

But is the Tizzer more enjoyable to listen to than a euphonic valve pre? The Tizzer lost 2 to 1 against on a Daft Punk track.

I voted for the Tizzer.

... simply more rez all round, deeper bass and better bass control. Not an easier listen, but I reckon a more accurate and revealing one. Music isn't always "nice" you know.

[User211]

No I reckon the Aps are to spec. Same very flat 4 Ohm load, same ribbon clearances, simplified x-over compared to the originals - still essentially the same but with much more foo. It is not as if the Krell didn't have the power - it did.

As I said the Air Tight seems to reach deeper too. No douting both are more accurate. But that Cayin is just so enjoyable I am loving it, fibber that it is. It is hanging around here for a long, long time

Anyway, Restek is next up

[roob]

I purchased one of these a couple of days ago it's a great little preamp for the money and punches well above it's weight.
With my digital source it is plenty loud enough for my room and it is a very revealing listen and slightly more transparent than my normal Paradox pre, bass is fine and tuneful.
The only downfall is when playing my LP12/Prefix/Troika where there is not really enough volume available due to the very low output of the Troika and the bass through this bit was not as well controlled as with my cdp/dac.
So I will be sending it back as I don't fancy swapping pre amps all the time but if anyone is looking for a very good pre for a digital only system then I recommend you give one a try.

[jandl100]

....t if anyone is looking for a very good pre for a digital only system then I recommend you give one a try.

Well, that's only because of the low output on your cartridge - my LP system works fine with a Tisbury - any passive pre is only good if there is sufficient overall system gain.

But I'm glad you liked it anyway!

[roob]

I did like it Jerry and I would say to potential buyers do not be put off by its low price, if the rest of your system is compatible give one a whirl.

[wee tee cee]

I have had mine for a couple of weeks, it noticeably improves with a few hours under its belt.......very good pre in my set up.