Forums - Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale 07/27/24 at 19:22:55 This has two ten-step stepped attenuators and is the version that uses two 12AU7 and one 0D3 tubes. I will include several types of each NOS tube. This preamp has three inputs and two outputs, all single-ended RCA. 525 dollars including postage within the US. If interested PM me here or email me at lonjazz@yahoo.com Thanks!
Back to top	s-l500_001.jpg HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #1 - 07/28/24 at 17:02:49 Forgot to mention this also ships with a Synergistic Research "Purple" fuse installed.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #2 - 07/31/24 at 17:45:23 The innards.
Back to top	Photo_on_7-31-24_at_12_418239PM.jpg HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

4krow

Seasoned Member

IMAGINE WHIRLLED
PEAS

Posts: 1622

Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale
Reply #3 - 08/01/24 at 22:55:50

Lon, That takes me back. Good sounding preamp with appropriate tubes to run in it. 12AU7 are made for low noise but of course, they are low mu (amplification) as well.
I am presently making a much more expensive preamp using these tubes and hope to get the sound that you already have in these. Very fair price too. If anyone is paying attention, this would be an easy choice. haven't been on the site for quite a while, but I do browse every now and then.

Back to top

Decware 34I.3 integrated amp/Forte' 3 bass amp/Velodyne SMS-1 bass mngmnt system/Decware ZOB speakers/Audio Nirvana 8" bass drivers/Xiang Seng DAC/ LR Audio Computer/Rega Apollo R CDP/Emotiva ERC3 CDP/BPT 3.0 power cond.

IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #4 - 08/01/24 at 23:04:04 Thanks--yes this is quite a nice, quiet, pretty darned transparent preamp. I've used it a few years in my headphone only system feeding a solid state headphone amp. Was a great match.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #5 - 08/03/24 at 20:34:38 Plays well with Decware amps, and also with solid state or class D or chip amps.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #6 - 08/10/24 at 21:08:45 Had a few nibbles but still available.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Geno Seasoned Member Without music, life would be a mistake. Posts: 2168	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #7 - 08/10/24 at 21:55:51 Lon, Does Steve know that you cheated on him???
Back to top	(2)SE84UFO(Balanced Monoblocs) OR Sansui AU222 Cambrge Audio CXN(ModWright) Crown XLS-1002 SL1210MK5(KAB Mods) Soundsm Aida MKll cart • Darlingt.Labs MP8b Otari MX5050-Bll2 R2R ZLC Power Cond Lii Audio PT-10 OR F-12 OR Betsy Alnico 8"/ W-15 in Open Baffle IP Logged

Lon

Seasoned Member

"Love without
guts is
worthless!"
Philip K. Dick

Posts: 24954

Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale
Reply #8 - 08/10/24 at 22:40:12

Don't know. . . I have bought plenty from Steve over the years!

This one was in my headphone system a few years. . . feeding a PS Audio GCHA headphone amp. It was a perfect combination--adding just a little tube magic to that excellent solid state amplifier. I had used a CSP3 there previously and I kept rolling tubes and getting interesting sounds, but this one with a pair of 5963 and an 0D3 just delivered and didn't cause me to fidget and tube-roll. Then the GCHA developed an issue and I put a Schiit Juttenheim in place and a ZBIT and ZROCK2 in front of it and liked that sound and the Bottlehead went on a shelf. It doesn't deserve to be unused so I put it up for sale.

Back to top

HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1

IP Logged

Geno Seasoned Member Without music, life would be a mistake. Posts: 2168	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #9 - 08/11/24 at 02:11:16 Just poking fun at you. Good luck selling. I’m really surprised it has not sold yet. Best, Geno
Back to top	(2)SE84UFO(Balanced Monoblocs) OR Sansui AU222 Cambrge Audio CXN(ModWright) Crown XLS-1002 SL1210MK5(KAB Mods) Soundsm Aida MKll cart • Darlingt.Labs MP8b Otari MX5050-Bll2 R2R ZLC Power Cond Lii Audio PT-10 OR F-12 OR Betsy Alnico 8"/ W-15 in Open Baffle IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #10 - 08/18/24 at 09:57:28 I know you were joshing. Still available.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Tony Adams Verified Member Posts: 22	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #11 - 08/19/24 at 03:39:38 Do you have the original build manual or any documentation for the preamp? Retro Bowl College
Back to top	IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #12 - 08/19/24 at 11:03:28 No.
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged

Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 24954	Re: Bottlehead Foreplay III preamp for sale Reply #13 - 08/22/24 at 18:45:41 THIS ITEM HAS SOLD. THANKS!
Back to top	HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1 IP Logged