Real advances in high-end audio these days seem mostly to be centered around perfecting the play back of digital files. it’s been a long time since I’ve read about or listened to an analog component ,particularly a preamplifier,which has moved the needle forward in a dramatic way.
Bob Backert’s preamplifiers have changed all that.
They do not simply sound more transparent, more dynamic, more nuanced, etc. then any other preamplifiers witch come close in price, they actually seen to be performing the role of the preamplifier In a new and unique way. One of the arguments against using preamplifiers is that they color the sound i’m provide a list directly play back of the signal. Proponents of preamplifiers have always excepted a little shading because the dynamic and harmonic affects of using a good preamplifier outweighed Any unwanted shading.
When you put a Backert preamplifier in the system that sense of coloration simply disappears while the retrieval of harmonics and dynamic contrast not only remains but is exponentially improved to such a degree that you might be wonder whether the preamplifier you replace it with might be faulty.
It has been a long time since I could say that replacing a ten year old preamplifier with a new one of like grade and quality is a game changer-but the Backert preamplifiers are just that -components which improve the overall performance of a system far beyond their relative cost.
Put it in another way:
if your Digital is five years old or less changing your old preamplifier to one of the three Backert models might very well be the biggest single improvement you can make in your system.
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