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#1
Can you compare Nir's to VV?

I was on gearslutz and Jim Williams replied the Avion would be the most similar to one he would build for the MK1.
#2
New to me 1972 Fender Rhodes Stage 73 just spent time installing a VV refurbish kit, and tune/voice with Ellison Wolf from Seattle Rhodes Repair and now...it's time to talk turkey. 

Top contenders for preamps these days appear to be:

1. Avion Retroflyer
2. Vintage Vibes Stereo Vibe (Stage Vibe?)
3. Fender Rhodes LA by Nir Benjaminy

Each includes stereo tremolo.  I'd love input from users of any of the 3!!!!  The VV has been out of stock forever, but the stage model is listed at Reverb. The FRLA sounds great in the vids. 


Second, why a preamp on a Stage 73?

To spend $600-1400 on a Twin Reverb or JC120...none the less TWO of them and then mic each, with a stereo tremolo stomp box like the EHX Pulsar or Supa Trem 2 for that stereo pan ($1600 minimum) makes no sense...

...compared to $2-400 for a preamp with stereo pan into an effects chain and then a DI or otherwise.  What am I missing?


Thanks so much!!  Mike