looking on preamp to match otl amp.

If phono is all you do, then you might try just a phono stage with a volume control, as a minimalist approach. If you want a full preamp, you might try the Supratek, from Australia, that is being heavily recommended on the "preamp deal of the century" thread in this forum.

You might consider a Joule pre, since all of Jud's amps are OTL but one I believe, presumably they marry well.

I would ask this question at one of the OTL forums. ASOG (atmosphere OWners Group) or at Transcendental Sound w/ Bruce Rozenblit. I have his tube design book and he made a point of saying that OTLs are "fast" and that they need the proper front end to really work well. I do not have an OTL so I can't give you any direct info. He has a nice little pre called the Grounded Grid. You might take a look at that.

Also there is a guy here at Agon called "Tubegroover" who has a lot of direct experience w/ OTLs. Maybe he will chime in or you can email him and ask. Nice guy and sure he would give good advise.

Cheers,

Boy are you ever going to be in for a treat.

I moved from a 2+2 to a Sound Lab M3, although my M3 is now directly driven by an OTL, I did love it also driven with the step-up transformer on the Sound labs.

Good Luck on the pre-amp hunt.

Allan