Lamm pre amp

@tvad , thanks for that info, had forgot if the 1st Sound had a remote or not as I wouldn’t have used it any way.

That Allnic would be an interesting one to check out, never tried it but have settled on the Allnic for my phono stage, went through the same process choosing a phonstage as I did for the preamp and have to say nothing came close, the Allnic ran away with it and still does. Enjoy the music

In my quest to buy my retirement preamp 4 years ago, settling on the Lamm LL2.1 Deluxe, I went through about 7 preamps and the only one that in my mind that rivaled the Lamm was the First Sound Presence which I believe can be had with a remote. In my system both these preamps are the cream of the crop in that price range. Enjoy the music

@erik_squires , brings up a great contender, heard one in a friend of a friend's system and loved it, just could not find one in the used market to live with during my culling process but was on my radar. Please do let us know what you buy and if you decide on the Lamm, get with me as I went thru Lamm directly since there was no dealer in Houston and he referred me to a few dealers to buy from and have it ship directly from him. You would not believe the price they quoted and what I paid. Enjoy the music

As a side note, I seem to always be drawn to the piece of gear with tube rectification. Enjoy the music

kw6, just sent you what you requested, if you need all the info I included my phone number to text me for a picture of the receipt for your inquiry. Good luck with all.

@roxy54 , I had gone through about 8 preamps , all bought used in very good condition, which the Lamm LL2 Deluxe was one of. I had spent a lot of time comparing these in my system and the last one I sold off was the Lamm, which I replaced with a brand new version and to be honest I heard no difference between the two iterations of this pre. The new one, as I understand, had very few if any changes made other than the 15 db attenuation switch. Bottom line is if you didn’t like the LL2 you aren’t going to like the LL2.1 as they are the same animal. Enjoy the music