WANTED a preamp

spidey,

why don't you contact viren himself? very few second hand models will come up for sale. he does get back gear for upgrade so he himself might have an old one.

regards

Sir,

A "mint" VTL - TL 5.5 Pre is available on Audiogon since yesterday. He is offering it at a very good price. Do consider it.

http://www.audiogon....-mint-perfect-condit

Hmm, hmm, budget preamp = 6.5K USD.
Interesting recommendation Switch-it-on

The seller had the 5.5 preamp at below 2k$ for sale till yesterday. He has since changed this to the 6.5 preamp at 6.5k$

Hi Spidey,
I have been using th Lyrita pre for a month or more now although exclusively for phono duties. If it is a line stage your are looking for, why not buy new from viren. It will be much less than the second hand offerings listed above. Hear it if you can.
Purnendu

The seller had the 5.5 preamp at below 2k$ for sale till yesterday. He has since changed this to the 6.5 preamp at 6.5k$

I have seen the range of VTL Amps last year at the Taiwan & HK shows.

The 5.5 is ENTRY level, only single ended and the based purely on perceived value (looks), is fully priced at US $ 2K ( approx Rs 1 Lakh ). I think it would be difficult to resell it at that price in India.

The 6.5 is SERIOUS Stuff

The 7.5 Mark 2 is a Genuine STATEMENT Product. Fills 2 Chassis to provide Only Line Level Pre Amplification!

The VTL owner ran me thru each stage and the PSU, since it was on display with a transperent top.

Sounded SUPERB. Current Price is US $ 15 K, though if you look around, sometimes available at Half that price ( JB Audio Pimp )

The 7.5 is my dream Pre Amp.

Just my subjective ramblling ....