Sunfire vaccuum tube preamp

[Parmaniac 7]

Hi, new user, Tony from Cleveland here. Love Carver and Sunfire gear
 Interested in hunting down a Sunfire Vacuum Tube Preamp w/phono stage. 
 Happy holidays!

—tony

[BobTFM35 2,767]

@Parmaniac Welcome to the Carver Site!!

 

And Happy Holidays to you!

[3M_Audio 2,022]

Welcome Tony!

[stereo_dog 1,215]

Welcome Tony. the Sunfire Tube Pre is an awesome preamp. Good luck in your hunt!

[Sk1Bum 11,402]

Welcome aboard Tony. Glad you found us.

 

[Dennis47 973]

WELCOME @Parmaniac (Tony from Cleveland)!  

Good luck with your search...

[Nahash5150 10,685]

Welcome!

 

The Sunfire VTCC is hard to find but not impossible. If you find one without a phono amp, it's okay. We make a new retrofit phono stage.

 

 

[AndrewJohn 10,449]

Welcome @Parmaniac.  So glad you found us.

 

One of these VTCC's just sold on Ebay, for about $1500, w/o the phono pre.  

 

They do come around.  Also watch for one on USAudioMart.com. 

[JustinHaze 46]

On 12/9/2024 at 12:57 PM, Nahash5150 said:

Welcome!

 

The Sunfire VTCC is hard to find but not impossible. If you find one without a phono amp, it's okay. We make a new retrofit phono stage.

 

 

How much does one of these cost and is it better than an external phono preamp? I have a VTCC without the phono.

[Nahash5150 10,685]

On 8/23/2025 at 2:09 PM, JustinHaze said:

How much does one of these cost and is it better than an external phono preamp? I have a VTCC without the phono.

 

Hello! I just installed one for a VTCC last week.

 

They are $600 installed. You'll need to also buy 6 tubes - 4x 6922's and 2x 12AX7's.

 

No one who has ever used one of these has gone back to using an external. This phono board is AMAZING.

 

 

Those are Telefunken Black Diamond 6922's and Eletro-Harmonix gold pin 12AX7's. The 12AX7's are for the subsonic filter, so they don't need to be uber expensive tubes there.

[JustinHaze 46]

Very nice! It looks amazing. I have Telefunken 6922 in my VTCC on the main board. I bought the VTCC with those tubes in it. I have the factory tubes also. Should I pm you to get more information about the phono board, or is there another location on the forum you can point me to? Unfortunately resurrected a long dead thread but couldn't help myself when is saw the phono board and that you made them.

[wrf 4,934]

@Nahash5150 can be reached at

 

https://nelionaudio.com

 

He does excellent work.