Lamm pre amp

The VAC Renaissance V does not have tube rectification, but absolutely should be on your radar to investigate.  I am a current owner.  

@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

@roxy54  thanks for your input. I might need a bit more sugar in my diet!😁

@drrsutliff  ok thanks I will check it out!😁

If you want tube rectification you could go for a Jadis JP 80 or 200 (both of which I have owned in the past), but I do not believe they have a remote.  .

Used to own the VAC, Smooth warm sound and eventually got bored of it. Moved to an Atma-Sphere Mp-1 and instantly knew I was missing out on so much more Dynamics, transparency, speed, timing etc etc etc. Never Regretted it. 

That's interesting phantom_av. You never hear a comparison between those 2 brands, and VAC is so well respected.

KW6,
I currently own both the Allnic L-1500 and the Don Sachs DS-2 feel free to pm me for my impressions. I enjoy them both and currently have the DS driving a small tube system in my office and the Allnic on my main system

i will say this; the Allnic is killer for the price, very well built, metal remote, great channel balance, the output transformers are really something special that provide big soundstage and dead on center image...can be purchased with the L-7000 out put transformers that step things up a bit more

best,
-JP

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[please excuse my bad English]
The Aries Incito S preamplifier is a thing which is not of this world.(I am NOT related to the audio industry).
The Incito (plain vanilla) favorably replaced my YBA 1 preamp.Incito: SET tube with zero feed-back, and transistor-like figures; holds the extreme low end. 5 chokes. 79lbs !!).It changed my system.
The Incito S (same as the former, with external power supply) let passive preamp afficionados drop their beloved passive fetish.
Look at my post.regards.

Whilst its an old thread what did the OP Decide on?

Atma-Sphere MP-1 would be the cream of the crop within a decent budget range

the Aries Cerat Higher End Pre-Amps are also fantasic choices.

VAC is another good choice i think they are nice soft pleasent sound, if you like that sort of thing.

LAMM would be another excellent choice.

 

I think the Aries Cerat would win out on this if money is no object thou. Their Inverted Triode Pre-Amps perform on levels not easily achieved by normal circuits. They are costly but thats the price you pay for a 120KG pre-amp!!!!