I owned the #39 for quite a while and used it as just a transport,(it sounded about the same as the #37 as for as I could tell.) a CD Player, it sounded much better than the highly regarded Cambridge Iso-Magic DAC and CD-Magic transport, and as a preamp straight into my amps. This is an excellent piece. The unit might rival your Sonic Frontiers preamp it sounds that good (It won't have that tube sound though. SF is tubes right?) One way it came in handy, I sent my ML#380s preamp in for service and could still listen to my system using just the #39. Very flexible. Also the update to the #390s wouild be a big plus at some point.
Concerning the Proceed. A number of Proceed units had real service issues. The whole line is discontinued. I wouldn't consider the Proceed if you have the cash.
Hope this helps!
SGR (Steven)
Concerning the Proceed. A number of Proceed units had real service issues. The whole line is discontinued. I wouldn't consider the Proceed if you have the cash.
Hope this helps!
SGR (Steven)