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OBH-8SE

Name: Creek Audio OBH-8SE
Brand: Creek Audio

Creek Audio

AnalogPhono Pre-AmpsDiscontinued

Estimated price (community-sourced)

$195

About the OBH-8SE

The Creek Audio OBH-8SE is the Special Edition upgrade of the OBH-8 MM phono preamplifier, featuring two J-FETs instead of bipolar transistors, gold-plated RCA connectors, and an upgraded external power supply for enhanced performance. Designed for moving-magnet or high-output moving-coil cartridges (1.5mV to 5.0mV output), it delivers neutral sound with excellent microdynamics, soundstaging, and detail retrieval, though macrodynamics may compress at higher volumes and treble can exhibit slight brightness. Praised as a budget audiophile classic for revitalizing vinyl playback with simplicity: single-ended class-A gain stage, zero feedback, passive RIAA equalization. It is no longer manufactured and available only as used or new old stock.

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