Cary Audio SLP-98P Vacuum Tube Preamplifier $5495 Review

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Thanks to the absolute spot-on mid-range, vocals are creamy smooth, especially female vocals, and the SLP-98P delivers them in a way that drags listening sessions from a couple of hours at a session to a full day-long event. Upper frequencies are delivered with sparkly, sizzle, and realistic decay without an annoying edge or shrillness. Bass slam, while never being a strong suit of 300B tubes, is very present with the addition of the 845 vacuum tube in the mix. I continue to be impressed to this day with the level of bass depth and slam that I get from my 805 amplifiers and the SLP-98P just conducts everything so smoothly to the amplifiers that it all blends into a seamless delivery of audio nirvana.

As I said earlier on in this review I have not had a single regret about buying the SLP-98P. It has proven to be a very high-performing preamplifier and one that I plan to live with till I move on to the next phase of existence. It would take me winning a mountainous lottery to think of replacing it with anything. At that point, I would go out of control on everything including building a specific listening room with room correction built into the room. Since I do not see that happening to me I am quite content to live out my life with my current amp and preamplifier setup.