December 14, 2011

  • Primare PRE30, Part 8

    One of my old co-workers asked, "Whatever happened to CeCe Peniston?"

    I don't know, but 20 years ago, she was very popular.  And for some reason, that seems like a long time ago. 

    We were recently at a kids' play center, when Peniston's "Finally" was playing over the PA system.  So this is what it's reduced to?  People now refer to it as an "oldie?"  Sheesh.

    Well, 20 years ago was the last time I used a cassette deck.  My housemate Doug had, I believe, a Kenwood tape deck.  At the time, we were using my Sony CDP-520ESII CD player, Doug's Denon receiver and JBL speakers, and my AudioQuest Topaz and F-14 cables.  Doug's car had a tape player, but not a CD player.  Thus, Doug used the Kenwood cassette deck to make tapes of CDs.  He could then play these tapes in, among other things, his car.

    Which brings me to the Primare PRE30.  As I reported earlier, it does indeed have a tape out.  The picture below more accurately shows what the "titanium" finish looks like.  It's kind of like aluminum.  Would that our black Sony, Kenwood, and Denon gear came in this pretty "titanium" finish!

    Anyway, you can designate any of the PRE30's 7 inputs as a tape monitor.  Simply press the "TAPE OUT" button, turn the input selector to your desired source, then hit the "TAPE OUT" button once more.  The PRE30 knows not to feedback on itself.