Does anyone have a view on the sonic differences between the L1 and L2 preamps?
I'm temptedto look for one as my first tube preamp - L1s are cheap (last oneI saw went for about £160I think, which must surely be a safe punt?), but the L2 appears tobe amore complex design.
Is there much to choose between them on sonic grounds?
Cheers
Martin
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17-11-2009, 10:43 AM #1I'm here therefore I wam
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17-11-2009, 11:21 AM #2Super Wammer
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This doesn't answer your question as such, but is a good read with some good posts from Guy.
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/s...929&page=2
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Same audio circuit.
PIO coupling caps and shunt regulated power supply on L2.
Balance control and buffered 'tape out' too iirc.
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25-11-2009, 07:06 PM #4Super Wammer
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An Audio Innovations L1 arrived at alfieboys today!
Only had it playing into the WAD KEL84 for a couple of hours, pretty impressed though!
Getting quite a nice sound from apretty cheap valvepre/power combo! They're driving the LVs soooo much better than my Exposures 
These are my first valves so can't really compare them to anything else, but does seem a nice cheap introduction
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