Zesto Audio Leto 1.5 Preamplifier

Zesto Audio Leto 1.5 “The Leto linestage preamp is cut completely from the same sonic cloth as the Andros PS1 phonostage PS reviewed last year, like the Andros, the Leto is a contemporary all-tube design, boasting the roundedness, dimensionality, and body of classic tubes without their tonal anomalies, bass-end deficiencies, and relatively high noise levels. Also like the Andros, the really distinguishing characteristic is a wonderful freedom from sonic hype and electromechanical artifacts.” — THE ABSOLUTE SOUND   Basics Rule My design philosophy is to focus only on the important components and add nothing that could compromise the signal path. The only active components are the vacuum tubes that create a warm musical sound. Balanced Means Lower Noise As a longtime audio engineer and producer, I’ve worked with a lot of professional equipment. I always preferred “true floating balanced” inputs and outputs because of their foolproof ability to isolate one piece of gear from the next