[jdaun]

SOLD: Bottlehead Foreplay Preamp

Bottlehead Foreplay dual mono preamp which uses 12AU7 tubes or variants.

Good condition (see photos)

My understanding is this amp has all, or most of the upgrades available at the time it was built (however, I'm not intimately familiar with the Foreplay family of preamps, so please refer to photos.)

• High quality dual mono stepped attenuators.
• Grounded copper shielding in exotic wood case.
• Auricap coupling caps
• 3 switched inputs, 1 output (if I recall correctly, the 4th "input" is a pass-thru, I never used it)
• Exotic wood enclosure

Build date is Nov 2000.  I'm the second owner. It was originally built by username "Quest" who posted regularly on the audioasylum forum, back in the day.

My ebay username is the same as my username here "jdaun".  I have perfect feedback on eBay and guarantee a smooth transaction.

Asking $200. Buyer pays $25 for shipping and any paypal fees (if using paypal). Will be safely packed for shipping. Local pickup available in Boulder, CO.

[poseidonsvoice]

 


My first build was a Bottlehead Foreplay, brings back memories! It's a neat little common cathode gain stage directly coupled to a cathode follower that is then cap coupled to the outputs. (John Camille Cascode) Current sources on the plate of the 1st stage and cathode of the second stage. DC Power supply was a simple full wave rectifier and then CRCRC affair. Filaments were powered by AC.

Tons of upgrades available and I would build it totally differently if I were to do it again today!

Good luck with sale, I built mine, around 2000 as well.

Best,
Anand.

[davidldl]

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David