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If I can't afford a new Conrad Johnson pre amp...

Hej

I'm planning to buy a Audion Sterling Plus (KT88 SET) power amp and a tube pre amp. A friend of mine told me that I should look for a used Conrad Johnson. He said Conrad Johnson has the sound he thinks I will like; warm, musical and liquid.
Anyway, a used Conrad Johnson pre amp is not something you easyily find in Sweden. So...what should I look for instead? (and if I had the money to buy a new, it has to be from abroad)
I've been told that E.A.R pre amps are more analytic and SS sounding and Rogue somewhere between E.A.R and Conrad Johnson.

Any thoughts?
simna

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decooney
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@oddiofyl 1,211 posts03-18-2020 5:03pmI have a conrad - johnson Classic 2SE... it is a great sounding pre.   I love it , they can be had reasonably .  It is void of any features like balance or remote but it sounds phenominal for the money.  Quicksilver Audio makes great equipment for the money, they make 2 tube pres that are affordable. One is remote the other is not. I have a pair of their amps and their new headphone amp and the price/performance ratio is hard to beat.  

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re: QS,
+1, with matched vintage input and driver tubes and ultra nice coupling caps in the amps (shhh) competes with most anything at `~2-3x the price. :) 
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