Best Preamp under 10K

I am suprised that no one has suggested the cassablanca II SURELY IT IS A GREAT a/v UNIT THAT HAS RECEIVED WAVE REVIEWS BY PROFESSIONAL AND ENTHUSIAST ALIKE. I WILL BE WAITING FOR ANY RESPONSE ON THE THETA CASSABLANCA II.

Try the Musical Design SP-2B. It costs $1000. and sounds wonderful. Take the balance of the $10,000. and buy a good front- end or speakers. This unit isn't as well known, but it definately will embarass many units costing much more. Good luck. Musical Design PH.# 636-447-0400.

Lamm LL2 Better than classe Audio research and levinson body dynamics and real harmonic accuracy!! and plenty of bass punch great for digital front ends!

General Electric mono phono $12.95! Circa 1957. Single 6sc7. Beats any phono up to $65,000!

First Sound, lots of quality and extreme performance for the money. I would put MKIII (current entry level-retail $5400) against any pre-amp up to $10K.

Another factor is the synergy of the other components in your system.