1/20/2024 0 Comments Sonic frontiers line 1The new faceplate was easy to install and the p.amp has worked perfectly since then. The technical support team at the factory gave me a new "face plate" and covered the cost as warranty. The price was "low" due to some defects related to manual volume setting, and other. I hope this won't be a huge bill to repair, but if it is, it will be worth it.unless I could have bought a Line 2 for the amount I spent in repair and initial cost, but I can't imagine it would be that much to fix.īought this preamp second hand last year. It was so much better in every way than the Lexicon DC1 I was using. s*%t.įor the few days I had with it, it sounded wonderful. I think prolonged use of a L/c causes problems with the Line Series' power supply. The previous owner said he used a Power Wedge with the Line 1. Obviously it needs to go back in for repair, however what caused it? Well I think the it was the use through a line conditioner. I found a blown fuse, replaced it, then the Line 1 powered up for a few seconds then died again.blown fuse. I bought this used and when turning the volume up last night, I heard some harsh 'static' coming from my speakers then the Line 1 shut off. I have not had this long enough to give a complete review, but wanted to throw something out here to maybe save fellow audio lovers the same headaches I am going through. BINGO! with these in the gain position and the Seimens in the input (rear) position, I'm getting the tube liquidity and depth I was wanting, with no compromise in detail or transparency. Finally I got a pair of Amperex USA white label "PQ" tubes. Next I took Chris Johnson's advice and bought a pair the Refektor tubes to put in the gain position: somewhat warmer sound, more "tube-like". I bought a pair of Siemens 6299 tubes and put them in the gain (that is, middle) position: as small improvement i.e. So I decided to roll out the standard Sovtek 6299 tubes. Where was that tube warmth, liquidity, and depth? In fact the LINE 1 sounded VERY like my former Adcom., (pretty good actually, but totally solid state). The puck-shaped remote control looks eccentric but is actually very handy.Īs for the sound of the LINE 1, I was a little disappointed at first. The LINE 1 is very impressively constructed and of handsome appearance - in my opinion, sorry if you're one of the people who loves a forest of tube and transformers on top of a box: it rather have that stuff inside the box. However expert repair is still available from Parts ConneXion whose president, Chris Johnson, was also president of Sonic Frontiers. Potential buyers should be aware that the Sonic Frontiers products have been out of production for some time. The reason for the balanced outputs was to get good match with my Monarchy SM-70 Pro amplfiers that are designed for fully balanced operation when used as monoblocks. I looked at used BAT and ARC tube models with balanced outs but the only thing under $1000 was the LINE 1. I was looking for a new preamp to replace my Adcom GFP-750 I wanted (1) remote control, (2) balanced XLR outputs, and (3) tubes, never having used tubes before.
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