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Reddit mentions of Nobsound Little Bear T11 6N2/12AX7 Vacuum&Valve Tube Phono Turntable Preamplifier; MM RIAA LP Vinyl Record Player Preamp; Stereo HiFi Audio Pre-Amplifier
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Reddit mentions: 3
We found 3 Reddit mentions of Nobsound Little Bear T11 6N2/12AX7 Vacuum&Valve Tube Phono Turntable Preamplifier; MM RIAA LP Vinyl Record Player Preamp; Stereo HiFi Audio Pre-Amplifier. Here are the top ones.
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Little Bear T11 is a pure tube phono preamplifier working with MM cartridge turntables only. Please make sure your turntable is equipped with a PHONO signal output instead of a LINE output.Little Bear T11 is based on T10 with improvement. Compared to T10, T11 has lower background noise at normal volume. Its sound performance is better with increased liveness.Adopting a conventional active RIAA equalization phono stage circuit. There is 3 metal covers and 4 acrylic covers for those tubes. And you will be able to choose which type as you like.Supporting 6N2/12AX7 tubes, which offers many replaceable tubes for you like 6H2,6H2n (For 6N2 type) and 12AX7B,6N4(9PIN),ECC83,5751 (For 12AX7 type).On the bottom of the description, there is a few Q&A for buyers who might meet the humming problem. If you encounter a similar issue, please check those tips, which have covered most of conditions.
Specs:
| Color | MM Tube Phono Preamp |
| Weight | 5.89 Pounds |
You are in tech support, post in the purchase help thread. I replied to you earlier about the allocation of funds they should have (no more than $750 for turntable).
Also, tube amps are too expensive, and result in less accurate sound. Thy look cool, but they only thing they are good for is the mid-bass boost they give to ported speakers.
If they want a tube phono preamp, that’s not as bad, and not as expensive, there are a lot of cheap ones, but this for $220 ain’t bad (works with MM only, not MC).
The cheapest way to test out a time preamp is to pickup the FX Audio Tube-01 with the recommended upgrade tubes:
https://www.amazon.com/FX-Audio-TUBE-01-Preamplifier-TUBE-01S-SL/dp/B07DVXVZ51/ref=mp_s_a_1_5
That may provide enough gain for your phono. If you want to get a dedicated tube phono preamp, the little bear t10 and t11 have a lot of fans:
https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Little-Turntable-Preamplifier-Pre-Amplifier/dp/B06XCM9NKV/ref=mp_s_a_1_2
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/l7qKiFlA
I picked up a a tube preamp out of curiosity, and it definitely adds a "flavor" to the sound by particular forms of distortion from the specific tube you have plugged in. If you like the flavor then it's good, but if you aren't a fan then it's just some funny distortion. A tube that adds very little distortion sounds like a good solid state preamp ( that costs a lot less!)
I wouldn't spend a lot of money on the tube preamp itself - a lot of the sound flavoring comes from the tubes you plug in. So a big part of having a tube amp is finding the tubes you like. Sometimes the amp itself is kind of crappy and adds noise ( despite the price). The tube-01 with a better power brick is supposedly equal to a lot of more expansive units.
If you can stretch it to $300 the Lounge Audio LCR Mk3 is considered one of the best phono preamps you can get for under $1k. There's one guy on YT who hasn't liked it, but it's been said that he got a grey market unit and wasn't interested in buying a new guaranteed real one. Everyone else who has tried it states it's amazing for the price. Otherwise, I've been happy with a Little Bear T11, but that ABSOLUTELY requires a new set of, preferably, 12AX7's. A good trio will put you past the $250 mark for the whole deal, preamp included.