LDR3B Balanced Passive Preamp – Final Update (9.1.14)
UPDATE – 9.1.14 The LDR3B is now the LDRxB and was released on September 1st, 2014. More info on the LDRxB can be found here.
Tortuga Audio Products
New HiZ Control Software Yields Major Improvement To LDR Passive Preamps
Better LDR Passive Preamp Sound Tortuga Audio has developed an improved software based LDR control algorithm that greatly improves on our already highly regarded LDRx Passive Preamps. Key aspects of this new “HiZ” (high impedance) control algorithm include: Substantially increased input impedance with a nominal 10k ohm impedance floor Improved sound including better dynamics, musicality…
Tortuga Audio Releases LDR3x Preamp Controller Board for DIY Community (Aug 8th update)
As a follow-up to our original post below, we wanted to share some unsolicited feedback from a recent LDR3x customer. Note that the LDR3x board is our second generation LDR preamp board design that builds on the success of the original LDR1/LDR6 passive preamps. A pair of LDR3x boards will be the twin beating hearts…
6moons Reviews Tortuga Audio’s LDR6 Passive Preamp
I’m pleased to announce that 6moons.com has published a very favorable review of our LDR6 passive preamp. It’s quite an extensive review including background on its development and an in depth description on what goes into the building of each of our LDR preamps. My favorite statement by the reviewer: The Tortuga Audio preamp equaled…
Tortuga Audio Goes To Harvard With Dual Mono Preamps
The best part of being in the high value audio design and manufacturing business is working with customers who have more interesting ideas than you do. A recent example is when a full professor at Harvard University contacted us and asked if we could provide a pair of mono passive preamplifiers for his home audio…
Tortuga Audio Plans LDR3X Preamplifier Controller for DIY Community
As we work to expand our line of next generation preamp products built around light dependent resistors (LDRs), we also plan to soon introduce an LDR based preamp controller board, and related products, for the Do It Yourself (DIY) audio community. As we’ve previously announced, Tortuga Audio is actively developing a balanced version of its…
Is a Passive Preamp Right For You?
The debate over passive vs. active preamps mushes on within the audio community with the prevailing wisdom being that an active preamp is better than any/all passive preamps. Is this really true? As with so many things in life the answer is….it depends.
LDR6 Passive Preamp Review (and “Recommended” award) From HiFi Pig
Our First Product Review We are quite pleased to announce that our friends at HiFiPig.com have published their review of our LDR6 Passive Preamplifier. Even better, we’ve been awarded their “Recommended” status. The award is given only to those products that we have reviewed and believe fulfill the following criteria: “A Hi-fi component that we…
Customer Review of the LDR1 Passive Preamplifier
Our First Customer Reivew One of our recent customers shared his initial impressions of our LDR1 Passive Preamplifier. Here’s an unedited reprint of that review. I’ve had my LDR1 for a week so it’s time to write my initial impressions. Let me state up front that the LDR1 is the most pure, neutral, transparent, noise-free…
Tortuga Audio Launches Website & LDR6 Passive Preamp
CAPE CORAL, Florida (October 1, 2012) – Today, Tortuga Audio launched its website/store (www.tortugaaudio.com) highlighting its new LDR6 Passive Preamp. The LDR6 is the first of several high value audio products that Tortuga Audio plans on releasing over the next year geared towards discriminating music lovers interested in high performance 2-channel stereo audio. The LDR6…
LDR6 Passive Preamplifier Update
Here is the artwork for the front and back panels of the LDR6 Passive Preamplifier.