[Ralfonze]

Hello!  I am new here and have just acquired a AVA FET Valve SL preamplifier. Waiting for it to be delivered. Will use it with my Soundstream DA-1('92 Krell Design) which powers my ADS 1530s, using various sources. I am having trouble finding info on the preamp. Aado Perandi designed it for AVA (says so on back of pre). Any idea when it was made? If AVA will service/upgrade it? Over all impressions of it as well as the phono section? Thanks in advance for any info. I look forward to being a part of this community. I appreciate all of the security in this forum, I am sure I will get used to it. Cheers

[I.Greyhound Fan]

Hello!  I am new here and have just acquired a AVA FET Valve SL preamplifier. Waiting for it to be delivered. Will use it with my Soundstream DA-1('92 Krell Design) which powers my ADS 1530s, using various sources. I am having trouble finding info on the preamp. Aado Perandi designed it for AVA (says so on back of pre). Any idea when it was made? If AVA will service/upgrade it? Over all impressions of it as well as the phono section? Thanks in advance for any info. I look forward to being a part of this community. I appreciate all of the security in this forum, I am sure I will get used to it. Cheers

I own a few pieces of AVA gear and was an acquaintance of Franks.  They will service the preamp as long as parts are available.  But give them a call, they answer their phone and have great customer service. Or at the very least, shoot them an email.

[jimava]

Hi, this is Jim from Audio by Van Alstine. Yes, we definitely are still able to service the FET Valve SL.

Thanks
 Jim at AVA

[Ralfonze]

Thanks for the info. I am so glad to know Frank's work lives on. I would really like to know more about the FET Tube SL. All I know is that it has 4 12ax7 tubes with 2 of them for the phono section. Back in the early 80's I had a Super PAS that I loved. I took it to many a friends house and shamed their far more expensive preamps. Great fun! When I saw this FET Tube unit recently, I had to have it. I hope I've picked a good one. Anyone know when these were produced or anything about the design of this unit?

[Phil_S]

You may want to check out reviews when it was first produced, 2014??.  PT Audiophile, TAS, Enjoy the Music, stc...The internet forgets nothing:)

[SJ David]

Are you familiar with the Wayback Machine internet archive tool? You can search archived versions of the AVA website. Looks like the F V SL was in the catalog up through 2002.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020801000000*/avahifi.com

[Ralfonze]

Thanks for the leads. The way back Machine has exactly what I wanted. Very cool tool. I think I'm going to enjoy hanging out here. You guys a really knowledgeable and helpful. Turn it up.

[YungestMarco]

Believe you are talking about the Fet valve hybrid preamp that was made in the 90s - early 00s. I have the EC version of the preamp and think I still have the manual somewhere at home.
Can post screenshots if I find it!