The SAGA amplifiers from Dutch manufacturer Siltech are their statement components designed and manufactured to achieve the very best performance from highend audio reproduction. The SAGA C1 is a class A triode-tube linestage preamplifier with battery power supply.

For the SAGA C1 Siltech uses the dual-triode ECC86, designed in 1958 (by Philips and Telefunken) for use in low-voltage environments. Not only was this tube ideal for a battery-powered preamplifier—necessarily low in microphony, long-lived, and very rugged, in addition to having the right voltage requirements, it is also considered to be a sonic gem. Four of them are installed in the C1 preamp in a “minimalist,” zero-feedback Class A circuit.

Including original box and remote. Newprice: 39.930 euro (pricelist is available), now for 9.990 euro.

The Absolute Sound review:
“…To sum up, the Siltech SAGA System is not only engineered like nothing else; it sounds like nothing else—or at least nothing else I’ve heard. With its unique blend of tube-like bloom, three-dimensionality, and naturalness of timbre, and solid-state-like transient speed, resolution, bass-range extension and clarity, and extremely low noise, it truly does bridge the gap between these two gain strategies in ways that will delight both tube-o-philes and solid-state mavens, combining the most salient virtues of each device with a satisfying completeness that has never before been achieved in a single package. For this alone, it is a landmark piece of audio engineering. That it also raises the bar in the realistic reproduction of music of all kinds, particularly in the midband, makes it a no-brainer highest recommendation—and my new and, uh, one-and-only tube/transistor-hybrid reference.”