best ss preamp for 2000 or less used


I am looking for a solid state preamp to help speed up my system without sounding too bright. I have tried the conrad johnson pfr and loved the sound but couldn't deal with the volume control, 4 steps from zero was ear bleeding. Is anybody happy with their ss pre.
bigwavedave

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Being a McIntosh fan, I should maybe suggest you look into
one of the McIntosh preamps. Great build quality - and
very decent level control - both manually and with the
remote.If you are only using two channel audio, you might
look into the C-15 or C-712 preamps. Both have RCA and
balanced outputs, and can be had new or used for well under
$2K.