Balanced vs RCA preamps


How important is it that your Pre-amp has both balanced and RCA capabilities? I’m shopping for another pre, most likely tube, and it seems to make sense with any future component that it offers both XLR and RCA. And to further complicate the search finding both these features plus remote limits the offerings for both tube and SS particularly tube.

 

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Rogue Audio has tube preamps with both RCA and XLR outputs.  I have the RP-7 that has two sets of each, and I believe the RP-9 has the same.  I am quite pleased with sound quality achieved with my RP-7 and my Odyssey monobloc solid state amplifiers.