Tube Preamp Advice - Rogue, Schiit, and Vincent

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Has 4 tubes and made in MN

https://avahifi.com/collections/preamplifiers/products/fet-valve-cf-slr-preamplifier

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25 minutes ago, davide256 said:

I haven't heard one but after 40 years of watching the market and listening to tube designs, I don't see anything that shouts "this punches above its weight class". The only

serious review that I can find is from Positive Feedback. Exceptional buys attract reviewers like flies with  comparisons to other gear they like, I'm not seeing that.

 

You didn't look very hard for other reviews did you? I found this one in seconds, right on the Schiit website.

 

http://fairhedon.com/2019/10/08/listening-to-the-schiit-freya-preamplifier/

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20 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

You may have seen him here in the form of a person banned for outrageous behavior and using a couple different names. 

Schiit, I had no idea, sorry. 

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Another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOem8ev94M

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9 hours ago, firedog said:

That's the old one, not the present model.

 

Nevermind, I was thinking of a different youtube link.

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1 minute ago, DancingSea said:

 

FWIW, I have read and watched perhaps every review in existence for the Freya+.  It’s universally praised and often phrased that it holds it’s own against any tube preamp under $5000, particularly if the tubes are upgraded.  Darko, New Record Day, and Thomas & Stereo have all done detailed YouTube reviews on the Freya+.  I do hold the whole audio industry review machine with a degree of skepticism, it’s hardly Consumer Reports.

 

The Linear Tube Audio line also gets universal high praise. 

 

Yes, LTA gets gushed over by everyone that hears it.

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1 hour ago, Forehaven said:

It was the original Freya.  and yes and yes to body and weight.  As well, it wasn't as resolving.  And now that I recall also that it was very susceptible to microphonics after try various tubes.  For the money though, it's pretty decent.  

 

Every report states the new Freya is significantly better in every way than the original. The two shouldn't even be compared.