Is your Home Theater separate from your stereo? The requirement for the remote will nix some good choices on a preamp as there are some good ones in the $1K area and below without a remote. If you are using your Maggies as part of the Home Theater system, then I can understand the "must" requirement for the remote.
One of the very best SS preamps you can buy for any amount of money, with a remote, is the Aragon Stage One. They are usually available for sale on a weekly basis on Audiogon. Aragon, now out of business, made the best preamps, period. They were too good, built to last forever, the build quality was off the scale and the electronics so far advanced they put everything else to shame. So what happened? They couldn't make any real money on them so they stopped production when they were under the ownership of Klipsch.
Before closing, they made the MacDaddy of all preamps, a genuine audiophile preamp for Home Theater Use with a REMOTE, no less. You might as well spend a few more bucks and go broke. At least you'll have a top-shelf, superb preamp and one you can brag on with pride.
I own one and recommend it as part of the Home Theater Setup or as a "must have" component in an Audiophile analog stereo system. My second choice is also an Aragon. Their amps are beyond description as well, but that is another story altogether.
I have a Denon 7.1 Receiver for my home theater setup and I am not as happy as I was hoping I would be. It's OK for music for the masess.
http://www.avrev.com/equip/aragonstageone/index.html
Check it out Robert and good luck to you sir. Mike
One of the very best SS preamps you can buy for any amount of money, with a remote, is the Aragon Stage One. They are usually available for sale on a weekly basis on Audiogon. Aragon, now out of business, made the best preamps, period. They were too good, built to last forever, the build quality was off the scale and the electronics so far advanced they put everything else to shame. So what happened? They couldn't make any real money on them so they stopped production when they were under the ownership of Klipsch.
Before closing, they made the MacDaddy of all preamps, a genuine audiophile preamp for Home Theater Use with a REMOTE, no less. You might as well spend a few more bucks and go broke. At least you'll have a top-shelf, superb preamp and one you can brag on with pride.
I own one and recommend it as part of the Home Theater Setup or as a "must have" component in an Audiophile analog stereo system. My second choice is also an Aragon. Their amps are beyond description as well, but that is another story altogether.
I have a Denon 7.1 Receiver for my home theater setup and I am not as happy as I was hoping I would be. It's OK for music for the masess.
http://www.avrev.com/equip/aragonstageone/index.html
Check it out Robert and good luck to you sir. Mike