$200 will not buy much unless you find a desperate or ignorant seller. An Amber FF-17 is a decent vintage preamp (owned one in the mid 80's) that might go for $200? A Yamaha CX-1 , Sony E80/90ES or Proceed PRE are very nice newer preamps that could go for around $500.
Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp
Currently using a cheap but fairly nice sounding Dayton T120 D class amp. Not enough inputs. I would like to find a pre amp to use with this amp and perhaps at some point, if I can find the money, I can buy a power amplifier to replace the Dayton.
Figure my budget to be under $200 right now. Looks like plenty of older inexpensive Solid State pre amps are available on Ebay.
Any ideas what I should look for when buying a preamp? I've only used Integrated amplifiers up to this point.
Figure my budget to be under $200 right now. Looks like plenty of older inexpensive Solid State pre amps are available on Ebay.
Any ideas what I should look for when buying a preamp? I've only used Integrated amplifiers up to this point.