NeilK
pfm Member
Conventional wisdom is that the 33 is a pretty poor pre-amplifier. I have 2 (well,3, but one is non-functioning at the minute). The first is an 'avondaled' item from Les's early days when he worked a little magic on MF and Quad as well as Naim. This is a lovely little pre', it has an external PSU (nothing too special) and some modifications to the output boards. I really like it.
The second is a bog standard unit which had seen no tlc for many years and lived up to it's reputation as, well, just lacking something - detail and dynamics mainly. I sent this off to Rob at Amplabs for a full service and the addition of his modified back panel.
Since it has been returned to me I've done a fair bit of listening - with the exception of the phono stage - average :-( - it seems, to my ears at least a very nice little pre.
Just thought you'd like to know.
The second is a bog standard unit which had seen no tlc for many years and lived up to it's reputation as, well, just lacking something - detail and dynamics mainly. I sent this off to Rob at Amplabs for a full service and the addition of his modified back panel.
Since it has been returned to me I've done a fair bit of listening - with the exception of the phono stage - average :-( - it seems, to my ears at least a very nice little pre.
Just thought you'd like to know.