Gone pending: Read Purity valve pre, hand-made £380

[nobodysprefect]

Well, I went ahead and bought the Pope MPP-2. I still think the Read is the best-sounding preamp, but I just need 2 separate inputs. The Read is more 'open' and 'liquid' and '3D' than the Pope.

I ordered and received this from Jack when he had the design complete - Purity preamps were very much a work in progress. That having been said, this unit does not have the switching 120/240 VAC PSU

edited to add: this unit does only EU electricity! No USA voltage, just the 240 volts we use in Europe. I wrote that confusingly. Normal kettle lead socket in the back, like most amps (and desktop computer PSUs, some kettles, and whatnot) have.

. BUT it has audiophile / studio grade component in every spot Jack offered one.

Pros:
* tone, tone, tone. I've had a Mark Bass LMK, the Glockenklang Bass Art Classic and the Demeter HBP-1, currently use the Mike Pope MPP pre. None of these can beat Read for tone.
* it's a small and rugged unit. No printed circuit boards, just professional-grade point-to-point soldering.
* thus: easy to service!

Cons:
* relatively unknown
* 1 input
* no bass cut in fx loop

asking 380 quid shipped.

Edited August 26, 2013 by nobody's prefect

[funkle]

Got any pics?

And I assume you have to use a voltage converter...?

[nobodysprefect]

No, I wrote that in a confusing manner - unlike some units, this unit does not do USA voltage, just euro volts.

Here are some photos: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o7sp29jidoe7922/DmYSWxNN05"]https://www.dropbox....7922/DmYSWxNN05[/url]

Edited August 25, 2013 by nobody's prefect

[lee650]

id love this to drive my Ip112er, but it would take me bloody ages to sell enough gear to buy it been reading up on this a sounds like a cool pre.