FS Promitheus Preamp DUAL MONO TVC Reference Version

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Promitheus

Hi. You have PM

 

Larkrise, are you sure?

I've just had the first serious TVC demo in my system. I am still in a state of shock - probably one of the best sounds I've ever heard, and that was in my living room. It was a fully custom made thing, no brand names involved.

If your Eklipse beats what I've heard this evening, than you must be a lucky guy. I know Eklipse well, yes - it's a gem among preamps - but it can't play better than a proper TVC. No chance.

 

wouldn't like to hijack laurence's ad, but i'll answer shortly.

the TVC i listened has nothing to do with the one from the pic - no fat alloy fronts, no shiny disco balls.

mine was an absolutely basic and stripped down prototype version housed in a wooden shoebox: 1 input, 1 output, 2 transformers inside, 2 separate volume controls with 2 9-position only selectors , cheapo RCA connectors (£4-5 for 4). actually the guy who made it just wanted to test a principle of TVC design - does it generally work for him or not. a result of 6 days work (he found someone who wound the transformers according to his instructions) left me speechless and i tried some very good units in my system including stuff such as pass labs X2.5 (roughly £4000 new). in terms of realism, transparency, tonal corectness effortless dynamics and - last but not least - lack of any listener's fatigue, regardless of how loud you go - this is now a benchmark preamp for me.
the designer believes that winding transformers is art and that it's a principle of TVC that just works and he is one of the guys to trust - his active preamp is rather brilliant example of a true single ended preamp that you will never find as a commercial product - too good to be given to masses: a simple topology - 1 valve with (again) a massive output transformer per channel, with a valve rectified PSU.
i'll post some pics in promitheus TVC thread, maybe a mod can move our posts there?!
laurence, don't do it for god sake

 

SOLD - sorry Lautrec, don't be surprised if a tvc returns, but still evaluating the Eklipse!

 

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Thanks Larkrise.

It's in the system (after a fashion) and is certainly different to the, fairly serious, stepped attenuator I was using. Still trying to understand the diffferences, but I think I'll be hanging on to it! Now all I have to do is re-instate the high pass filter for the quads and find a sensible way of rearranging the equipment on the rack.