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Please recommend a good Tube preamp.


Presently have Mark Levinson 383 integrate. Want to try out Tube Preamp. with Kinergetic KBA-280 (140wpc class A). The speakers are Micro Utopia Be. I want to use a sub with these Micros, so also need two pre outs. However a remote is a must. I only listen to CD and FM Tuner (MD-102). Flexible budget; and used is better.

Thank you in advance for all your inputs.
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larryi
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A lot of good suggestions above, and a few interesting items that I have not yet heard (e.g., First Sound Presence Delux). Not knowing what sound/change you are going for, I would say that everyone's suggestion is merely a recommendation to AUDITION these items before buying, unless you enjoy the game of trading items.

Here are my suggestions on items to consider. Some are pretty hard to come by, but if you are game, they are worthy contenders. To me, these have that something extra, hard to describe, that make music sound vibrant and harmonically rich. They are:

1. Audionote (u.k.) (Anying from the relatively modest M-3 through crazy-expensive M-10)

2. Emotive Audio (Sira or the quite expensive but amazing Epifania)

3. Deja Vu linestage or preamp (something made locally in the D.C. metropolitan area by Deja Vu Audio, a McLean, Va. dealer).
larryi
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Do you require full remote control or just volume control?

I like the Emotive Audio Sira linestage and the rather pricey Epifania. Neither are remotely controlled, but Fred Volz, the designer/builder, said that he could put in a remotely controlled volume pot. I know he was looking into the remote control modules offered by Welbourne Labs at CES, so perhaps he could also put in remote control of other functions, like input switching and balance control. Check there stuff out at Emotiveaudio.com.
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