Audio Mirror Pre-amp

[Randy Myers]

Slated to be here today, finally!!!

[CPP]

Slated to be here today, finally!!!

Well lets hope, there is no encounters with heavy monsoons in the area, SLEET, SNOW, EarthQuakes, tornadoes, a giant meteor, the earth tilts off its axis or the truck gets hijacked, so enjoy, we expect your report soon.

[Randy Myers]

The pre-amp did arrive, although FedEx was two hours late so I had to drive back to work after hours to pick it up. Oh well... it is what it is....

Unfortunately there are issues with the unit. Quite a bit of noise, a slight hum, but louder mid-range static, and hi frequency swirling sound. Noticeable from across the room, especially when listening at low volume.

But even worse is my digital has a very heavy static sound whenever it is playing. I tried different inputs, cables, with and without the Recovery (much worse without). Basically unacceptable. I hooked the T+A back to the amps and all sounds fantastic. I never had an issue with any other pre-amp .

I have wrote Vlad describing the issues. I told him that I thank him for his efforts, and I still highly recommend his amplifiers, but this pre-amp will not work . I am waiting to hear back from him.

Unfortunately, this is the lowest priced piece that I have gotten but it has been by far the biggest hassle.

[CPP]

The pre-amp did arrive, although FedEx was two hours late so I had to drive back to work after hours to pick it up. Oh well... it is what it is....

Unfortunately there are issues with the unit. Quite a bit of noise, a slight hum, but louder mid-range static, and hi frequency swirling sound. Noticeable from across the room, especially when listening at low volume.

But even worse is my digital has a very heavy static sound whenever it is playing. I tried different inputs, cables, with and without the Recovery (much worse without). Basically unacceptable. I hooked the T+A back to the amps and all sounds fantastic. I never had an issue with any other pre-amp .

I have wrote Vlad describing the issues. I told him that I thank him for his efforts, and I still highly recommend his amplifiers, but this pre-amp will not work . I am waiting to hear back from him.

Unfortunately, this is the lowest priced piece that I have gotten but it has been by far the biggest hassle.

Damn thats not good. Darn Bummer for sure.

[Randy Myers]

Yea, what can you do... Now I have to decide what to do. I may just keep using the T+A because it is rated to have a pretty good pre-amp section. I mainly play my music server, rarely spinning a disk because I rip all before ever listening to them ... I can listen to the tuner through an inexpensive ADC going to the DAC through Coax input. It works fine for radio ...

But I was really hoping that a nice pre-amp would add flexibility and take the sound to a higher level still ...

I do have a couple very nice RCA cables I picked up because the pre-amp is SE only. So they are back in their boxes... I can use them if I decide to try the Dennis Had as a pre-amp again... but dang, they cost more then the T-61 pre did ... Wireworld Eclipse 5 1M and Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 1.5M...

[CPP]

Yea, what can you do... Now I have to decide what to do. I may just keep using the T+A because it is rated to have a pretty good pre-amp section. I mainly play my music server, rarely spinning a disk because I rip all before ever listening to them ... I can listen to the tuner through an inexpensive ADC going to the DAC through Coax input. It works fine for radio ...

But I was really hoping that a nice pre-amp would add flexibility and take the sound to a higher level still ...

I do have a couple very nice RCA cables I picked up because the pre-amp is SE only. So they are back in their boxes... I can use them if I decide to try the Dennis Had as a pre-amp again... but dang, they cost more then the T-61 pre did ... Wireworld Eclipse 5 1M and Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 1.5M...

Thats why I have always hung on to my W4S pre-, its dead neutral and works nice with almost anything and has the inputs. But I know ya want tubes

[Mechnutt]

Sorry to hear the Pre did not work out for you. I guess you never know. When my friend brought over his Atma-Sphere UV-1 preamp the other day, it did not play nice with my Luxman DAC. There was a high pitched loud sound when they were connected. And it did not play nice with my Pass amp as there was a lot of noise.

I am planning on buying a Don Sachs custom tube preamp as I stated on previous posts but now I am a bit leery after readng about your experience and mine with the UV-1.

Larry

[Oly]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the pre-amp, Randy.

[Randy Myers]

Yea Larry, I am a bit leery about various pre-amps now, but, to be honest, this is the first time I have had a pre not play nice with my DAC, but, I suspect there is something else going on judging from all the other noise, etc.

I hooked the DAC back up to my Dennis Had Dragon Inspire IHA-1 and I do not experience any issues whatsoever.


As a follow up:

Vladimir has already sent me a shipping label to return the unit. I feel very bad that the pre-amp had these issues, but I do have to praise Vlad's customer service handling these issues.

I also want to mention again how much I recommend the Audio Mirror SET 45 amplifiers! In my opinion, these are the best sounding amplifiers I have ever heard in my system, by a long shot. They seem to be solid and built very well. You cannot go wrong with Vlad's amplifiers!

[daveoo]

This could be a good learning experience for Vlad. You handled this gracefully and so will Vlad once your money is returned. I can feel your hassle and disappointment however.

[Randy Myers]

Vlad sent me a very nice follow up email thanking me for being polite and gracious even though the unit has had issues. He said he will be issuing me a refund shortly. He obviously knows that I do what I say and will be sending the unit back (packed as well as I can) first thing Monday. He has proven to me that he is honorable and I would have no issues dealing with him in the future.

[Sean]

Sorry to hear it didn’t work out as planned, Randy. Thanks for sharing your experience.


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