JezmondTutu
pfm Member
Worth trying a passive preamp, what I am using at the moment.
sorry have to excuse my ignorance here but what is a passive preamp?
What a good job Jez Arkless has been sent to the sin bin!
I think the TPX2 was a lot more than just higher voltage had triple regulation I was told and a black box of tricks
Over time I have had APX2, APX4, TPX1 and TPX2. The APX power supplies go back a long way and were essentially hicap replacements, and very effective at that. The TPX1 is a slimmer version of the APX2 and was "original equipment" with the Grad1. The TPX2 came after the TPX1 and is much more than an updated TPX1 being at least twice the size the the TPX1 and a massive improvement with the Grad1. The only downsides of the TPX2 are that it makes a somewhat inelegant pairing with the Grad 1 and doesn't fit on a Naim sized rack. The Grad1 and TPX2 combination does sound exceptionally good though!
I have just upgraded from a Linn Klimax DS/1 to a DSM/2 so now longer need my Grad 1 and TPX 2. I'm thinking of listing them for sale in classifieds. Does anyone have any idea on a reasonable price?
By the way, the Grad 1 originally came with a SPX1, the TPX1 was a later upgrade in the same sized box.