McCormack TLC-1 Preamplifiers

I had this preamp with DNA 0.5 power amplifier, it was ok, nothing to get excited about, I found it kinda cold, it had its moment, but overall character was cold.

This is the closest you may get to a straight wire with gain & the shortest signal path leads you to audio nirvanna more quickly. Even if your love tubes, the TLC-1 is an excellent alternative providing an uncolored, neutral sound. I was very surprised...

At full retail price, this unit has long been considered one of the great values in audio. You can find them on the used market these days for

Believe all the hype. This is the real deal. I had read for years about the transparency and true reproductive qualities of this classic, and it is all true! Simple, clean, detailed, spacious, even a 5 year old can use it (my daughter stresses me when...

The TLC-1 sound can be characterized as very neutral and open, acting like, well, a totally passive unit; however, the sound in passive mode is slightly lacking in dynamics specially in the lower frequencies. For the price though, it is very hard to...