Best Balanced Solid State/Tube Preamps

In your opinion, what are the best tube/solid state preamps to audition to go with my Ayre V-5Xe and Modwright Platinum Truth 999ES CD/DVD player?

kmiller502-28-2006 9:49pm

mitch2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,202 posts 03-01-2006 at 02:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tvad, why did you just sell your Modwright? It looked like a sweet set up in which you put some extra thought and money with the black gates and all. What did you find to work better? To Kmiller5, why not an Ayre preamp? They are consistently held in high regard. If you search this forum you will find no lack of recommedations for either tube or SS balanced preamps such as Aesthetix, BAT, PASS, Sonic Frontiers, and others.
mitch2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,202 posts 03-01-2006 at 05:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I wish I had a preamp that combined the best of both. Such a beast probably exists, but I suspect at a much higher price. Tvad, my dilemma exactly - Tim