Solid State Preamp Reviews

Sidebar 1: JA's 1990 Review System

Both preamplifiers were substituted into my current reference system: Meridian 208 and Kinergetics KCD-40 CD players; Audio Research Classic 60 power amplifier; Avalon Eclipse loudspeakers, connected to the power amplifier with 5' bi-wired lengths of AudioQuest Clear cable; Audio Research and AudioQuest Lapis interconnects; Linn Sondek/Ekos/Troika LP player. For comparisons with either a Mod Squad Line Drive or a Mark Levinson No.26 preamplifier, levels were matched at 1kHz. The Adcom GFA-555 II amplifier was also used some of the time, connected to the speakers with Mission speaker cable.—John Atkinson