Lounge Audio LCR III Phono Preamp- Build and Review Thread - The Doorway Giant Killer?

I probably should explain what the LCR Gold is. Or, at least, Lounge can explain:




The LCR Gold is a high accuracy detailed phonopreamp. When listening via headphones, it gives the feeling of drilling into your vinyl. The basics of the circuit design are the same as our flagship product LCRMKIII, but it has volume control and a headphone jack bringing you closer to your vinyl. How close? Just one well fed dual op-amp away!. Our LCRGold solid state preamp brings you intense transient detail giving you clear separation of instruments, depth and soundstaging with frequency extension in the highs and lows. This is accomplished in part by point to point silver buss wire soldering techniques for power supply connection of the regulator/op-amp interface thereby increasing the transient response. The power supply is running faster and more effortlessly via a larger format transistor, rectifier and snubber resistors thereby given the op amp high speed current on demand.

A combination of mica and film capacitors strategically placed, also using point to point techniques, allow a close knit reservoir of immediate current to be available to the semiconductors. The audio portion is upgraded with targeted resistors being reassigned to bulk foil units. Careful attention has been paid to bring out the finer harmonic detail and finesse in our LCR topology.
 
And it's on its way. Along with their own cables. Likely a week before I see anything, and then a bunch of hours before it starts breaking in. Minimum of 30, it is said. A whole lot more until it really starts to sing.

Should be fun!

Nice of you to do all the break-in hours for us before sending it along. ;)
 
Many things were upgraded!

It's pretty darn close to an LCR Gold, without the headphone add-ons.

Can you clarify this? Is this unit built like any other unit one can buy or has it been upgraded slightly from the original model on the site?
 
@Prime Minister , still curious about the difference if any between this unit and the LCR Mk III on The site if any.

I reached out to them to see if on the off chance it came in silver. I was told it did not and only came in Black. Not the end of the world but some folks (me) have a preference for silver over black.

This unit along with the Copla MC add on are on my Radar to audition. Very interested in listening impressions once you get it hooked up and playing.
 
I am really interested to hear your impressions as I am in the market and this Pre has peaked my curiosity. I hope you get it soon.
 
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