I'm playing around with a couple of Bugle phono preamps, one is mine and the other is Wayne's at Bolder.
I was going to experiment with some opamps but thought I'd ask here to see what others have tried... if any HAVE tried...
I'm looking for as close to a tube-like smooth, natural sound as possible. I know part of it is the cartridge but just thought I'd ask before throwing money at it.
The standard opamps that I have sound very good so, why mess with it? I don't know.. I'd just like to get a little more openess than the stock ones. It sounds kind of solid-state-ish... clean but a little analytical. The range of frequency sounds evenly presented, or neutral, which I like.
In any case, please pipe up if you've made opamp changes!
Thanks,
Carl