Thomas Mayer pre?

[heihei]

Anyone heard Thomas Mayer's pre-amp and care to offer views?

 

[pweg]

i have his valves - they are great

 

[heihei]

Would love to hear more detailed thoughts...

 

[jadedavid]

His preamp uses a 6J5 tube which is essentially i/2 of a 6SN7. Giving this, I would assume that it would lean to that octal flavoring vs the smaller noval (9 pin) seasoning.
The octal preamps that I have heard tend to be more dimensional than a noval preamp with a somewhat fuller sound and I would expect the same from the 6J5 tube.
But without hearing it this is only speculation.
Might be a nice piece

 

[adamaley]

http://zero-distortion.org/pnoe-horns-with-aer-bd4-5-drivers-vygerthomas-mayer/

Good insight here regarding Thomas Mayer preamps. The site is a great read overall.

 

[heihei]

Yep Kid knows his stuff.

Currently have one of Thomas's pre's in my system (a silver-wound 10Y) and is stunning. Great flow to the music.

 

[adamaley]

Any comparison to the Coincident Statement Linestage will be much appreciated.