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Preamp for Atma-sphere s30

Hi,

My Hovland hp200p was "stolen" by a transport company after it was repaired in another town, so now I am looking for a preamp for my Atma-Sphere s30. I am looking in the second hand market. I am looking at a Audio research LS26, and a bat vk-51se (both second hand). It is sadly not posible to test before buying, they are in another part of Norway. Is there anybody that have any experince with these preamps together with the atma-sphere s30? Any other sugestions to what preamps that is a good match?(It has to be a remote controlled preamp!)

My hifi gear is:
Atma-Sphere s30
Merlin vsm mxe with super bam(xlr/rca)
Emm labs cdsd and dac 6e se
Wilson benech full circle
Logitech transporter
Cardas g.r cables

Regards
Kjetil
kjetil666

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atmasphere
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Marty, there's been of lot of improvement in the S-30 in the last 15 years :)
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atmasphere
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Nearly any preamp will drive the S-30; my personal preference is for a tubes of course:) If you run balanced you stand a better chance of having to spend less time sorting out the sonic merits of the cables but the amp does not care if it is driven balanced or single-ended.

Sorry to hear about your Hovland! Their preamps were pretty decent.
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atmasphere
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Thanks Marty. We can update those older S-30s so we can get them to sound just like the current version. If we do that the warranty reactivates.
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