ghaubrich
New Member
When my Luxman TP-117 decided it didn't want to play various connected RCA inputs, I figured I was going to have to spend serious cash to get an acceptable pre-amp.
And then I found this. For around $300.00 with the Forkbeard app thingee installed. It came within a few days, I plugged it in, and I totally love it.
The system is Luxman M-117 power amp
B&W 805Ss
Luxman PD272 with a Grado Gold cartridge
BluMe Pro DAC
IFi phono pre-amp
Klipsch 12" powered sub
Sony CD/DVD/SACD player
I've had it a few weeks. I've run all kinds of music through it, including my band's new album which I know intimately from hundreds of mixing and listening sessions. This little box does exactly what I think a pre-amp should do --- send a straight line signal through as few electronic things as possible, direct to the power amp. I don't use tone controls, they introduce harmonic distortion and noise.
I have found NO defects in the sound of my system with the Saga 2. From SACD digitals of superior symphonic recordings, to jazz which is my primary genre, it is just pure, simple, extremely dynamic, super quiet, and therefore perfect. It took a lot of trading up to get to these 805s (new ones are astronomically expensive, like over $15K a pair). I think it's shocking and wonderful to be able to get a pre-amp this good, for that little, that more than adequately feeds great signal to these wonderful speakers.
I can also confirm that Jean Baptiste's album "We Are" is still one of the worst sounding records ever made. Whoever mixed and mastered that and released it on the public has ear probs.
And then I found this. For around $300.00 with the Forkbeard app thingee installed. It came within a few days, I plugged it in, and I totally love it.
The system is Luxman M-117 power amp
B&W 805Ss
Luxman PD272 with a Grado Gold cartridge
BluMe Pro DAC
IFi phono pre-amp
Klipsch 12" powered sub
Sony CD/DVD/SACD player
I've had it a few weeks. I've run all kinds of music through it, including my band's new album which I know intimately from hundreds of mixing and listening sessions. This little box does exactly what I think a pre-amp should do --- send a straight line signal through as few electronic things as possible, direct to the power amp. I don't use tone controls, they introduce harmonic distortion and noise.
I have found NO defects in the sound of my system with the Saga 2. From SACD digitals of superior symphonic recordings, to jazz which is my primary genre, it is just pure, simple, extremely dynamic, super quiet, and therefore perfect. It took a lot of trading up to get to these 805s (new ones are astronomically expensive, like over $15K a pair). I think it's shocking and wonderful to be able to get a pre-amp this good, for that little, that more than adequately feeds great signal to these wonderful speakers.
I can also confirm that Jean Baptiste's album "We Are" is still one of the worst sounding records ever made. Whoever mixed and mastered that and released it on the public has ear probs.
