Modwright 9.0SE preamp?

[blackraven]

Does any one have any experience with the Modwright 9.0SE preamp?

http://www.modwright.com/products/

Its supposed to be a neutral sounding tube hybrid preamp

[Feanor]

Does any one have any experience with the Modwright 9.0SE preamp?

http://www.modwright.com/products/

Its supposed to be a neutral sounding tube hybrid preamp

I certainly have no experience but I've heard a lot of good things about it.

For tube preamp In the around or under $2k range I'd also look at:

• BAT VK-3ix
• VTL TL-2.5 or possibly the 5.5 isn't too far out of range
• Audio Research SP-17L
• There's the Odyssey Candela, unfortunately not shown at their website
• Or for less dough but with no remote, the Transcedent "Grounded Grid".
• There are the AVA models as already discussed
• Sundry models of European design/Chinese manufacture such as Vincent, PrmaLuna
• And ultimate Chinese provinence such as Cayin

[miuliano]

I had the Modwright 9.0. It is a very clean and netural preamp. It is an excellent Pre for under $2k.
I have since upgraded to the ModWright 36.5 PreAmp.

[bluetrain]

I had the SWLP 9.0SE version. It was very neutral, close to solid state. Nice if like this kind of sound. I think it'll sound better with tube power amp.

[luna3pmg]

I'm curious as to why you made the jump to a much more expensive version of the Modwright preamp...was it a big performance difference or was it a technical advantage like balanced imputs or some connectivity issue? I've been looking at the 9.0 used as a nice step up from my older PV-10a (2-12au7's) nice balanced presentation but a bit on the soft side...

[jrhymeammo]

Hey BR,

Are you considering to get a ModWright unit?
If so, which power supply option will you go with? I've been curious of their SWLP, but a used unit in black has been hard to come by.

Have Fun,
JRA