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Best preamp fpr AR Classic speakers?

I need your suggestions for a dedicated music set up I am finally getting around to. Here's what I have so far:

AR Classic 26 speakers (88 db, 4ohm)
Nakamich1 PA 5 mkii amp
Denon 3810 for playing CD's

Budget is limited (less than $2K). Looking at Pass X-1,Musical Fidelity, Krell etc. Never had tubes but could be open to that.

The AR's tend to be a little bass-shy but uppers and mids are terrific.

I listen to blues,jazz,rock mostly.

Thanks for your help.

Vincent
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I had AR 302s for almost 10 years. The 303 series speakers were built in 1995 and were designed to recreate the AR speakers from the 1960's. The 302s faced off to the AR5s.

I used a Musical Fidelity CD PRE 24 successfully with the 302s. The CD PRE 24 was a combo CD player/ preamp. The standalone preamp would have been a model 3.2.

Best regards,

Rich
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