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Can you recommend a simple Tube pre amp?

Greetings. I am looking for a simple tube pre amp. Do not need phono, tape loop, balance, treble/base, mute, loudness. Balanced connections would be nice but not required. Need just 3 inputs and 1 output. Would use this with a solid state amp in a multi zone system, so critical listening and sound stage presentation not so important. Tube warmth and detail, accuracy is important. Speakers only rated to 50 hz and will not be using a sub. Thank you for any suggestions. The tube world is so complicated with all of these niche players claiming the same thing.
john802

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islandmandan
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Over the years, I've tried many different flavors of preamps, solid state, transfromer-based passive (which was superb, by the way), and now my second tube preamp.

I had the itch for some time to build a tube preamp, so I built a Transcedence Sounds Grounded Grid kit. I liked it so much, I sold my longtime favorite passive pre, and am using the Grounded Grid pre every day.

I put in better ouput caps, NOS Amperex 12AU7 tubes, better wiring and a motorized remote volume control, but I understand these units sound great without doing anything extra to them, and, for $499, you can't hardly beat the price.

I highly recommended giving one a try.

Best regards,
Dan
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