Quote from wow1968 on February 1, 2026, 8:39 am

He started using Whest Three Signature in his September 2025 batch, so not a "new" preamp 😉
I'm not a comparisons guy, but I am very pleased with my own Whest Audio Two 2.0.
The "Three Signature" is supposed to be a much more detailed preamp, and the archives he has done with it sound very good.

Quote from Drybonz on February 1, 2026, 5:48 pm

Thanks for the info... I must not be paying attention.  I listened to some of the albums marked "Whest" in the tag comments (Iron Maiden, Miles Davis, Nico) and thought they sounded so tight and crisp that it must be a new configuration.  That Miles Davis is a gem... we listened to that and just drifted to the pristine sound.

Quote from SRS on February 1, 2026, 8:07 pm

I'll add the three Rhino ZZ Top's to the list. Hearing new details resulting an a thoroughly enjoyable revisit to these classics. Thank you!

Quote from Drybonz on February 1, 2026, 8:11 pm

Quote from SRS on February 1, 2026, 8:07 pm

I'll add the three Rhino ZZ Top's to the list. Hearing new details resulting an a thoroughly enjoyable revisit to these classics. Thank you!

Yeah... they sound great.  I'm not even the world's biggest ZZ Top fan, but I immediately noticed how nice and crisp they sounded.  Sometimes I tend to listen to some of these albums I would tend not to as much simply because of how nice they sound.

Quote from JohnLaidlaw on February 2, 2026, 9:23 pm

I thought it would be helpful to post this here seeing as a discussion has been going on about the linage elsewhere and it would be helpful to clarify with PBTHALS own explanation ..I hope thats ok with Pat ..

PBTHAL — 02:19Monday, 2 February 2026 at 02:19
I bought the Whest used because I had always read good things about them and wanted to try one. Got one and did a few rips with it but never really got into it..it never made it into the "rotation" and I was plannig to use it in my "music room" addtion of my house. Fast forward to like 2 weeks ago or so and I was having noise issues upstairs so I tried everything, no go..this was with the Chinook and Technics. As a troubleshooting step I plugged in the whest...tried a couple of rips and was like hmmm..this sounds pretty good...did the ARS Champagne Jam album and was whoa....
The only thing I can think of is I got new headphones, I stopped using the Sennheiser PX-250's I had been using since 2010
So then I started looking at the Whest line and was planning on selling the Black Ice and CHinook and see if I could get a step in the Whest chain. I started talking to the owner of Whest and we had a lot in common and he cut me an amazing deal on their second from the top phono stage that was just used at a German audio show. SO that will replace the Technics/Whest 3
The manley oasis/Vpi Reflektor remains downstairs in the loop

Quote from Drybonz on February 4, 2026, 4:55 pm

I listened to the Champagne Jam album after this was posted (had not heard it before)... it does sound really great.

Quote from wow1968 on February 4, 2026, 5:22 pm

Quote from JohnLaidlaw on February 2, 2026, 9:23 pm

I thought it would be helpful to post this here seeing as a discussion has been going on about the linage elsewhere and it would be helpful to clarify with PBTHALS own explanation ..I hope thats ok with Pat ..

PBTHAL — 02:19Monday, 2 February 2026 at 02:19
I bought the Whest used because I had always read good things about them and wanted to try one. Got one and did a few rips with it but never really got into it..it never made it into the "rotation" and I was plannig to use it in my "music room" addtion of my house. Fast forward to like 2 weeks ago or so and I was having noise issues upstairs so I tried everything, no go..this was with the Chinook and Technics. As a troubleshooting step I plugged in the whest...tried a couple of rips and was like hmmm..this sounds pretty good...did the ARS Champagne Jam album and was whoa....
The only thing I can think of is I got new headphones, I stopped using the Sennheiser PX-250's I had been using since 2010
So then I started looking at the Whest line and was planning on selling the Black Ice and CHinook and see if I could get a step in the Whest chain. I started talking to the owner of Whest and we had a lot in common and he cut me an amazing deal on their second from the top phono stage that was just used at a German audio show. SO that will replace the Technics/Whest 3
The manley oasis/Vpi Reflektor remains downstairs in the loop

I have also talked to the WhestAudio owner, and he is very nice guy. Always willing to help out, highly recommended.

Quote from Drybonz on February 4, 2026, 7:10 pm

Looks like the new Whest series is "The British are Coming".

Quote from JohnLaidlaw on February 4, 2026, 7:24 pm

I didn't realise that all the latest batch were done with the Whest but now I have checked all the ones I have downloaded I realise they are..