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Preamp for Rogue Stereo 100 amplifier

Hi, I am considering getting a Rogue Stereo 100 power amp to drive my Tannoy Prestige speakers. I have heard the amp and really liked the way it "tried" to disappear. For a tube amp, it did not show any signs of sluggishness or tubey processing of sound. But tonally it had a more humane character than solid states so it was impressive overall. However the system I heard it was a very different one than what I have at home. The speaker brand was Audes. It uses smaller 5" drivers for mids and ribbon tweeters (unlike Tannoys). The rest of the chain was also kind of unknown but pretty neutral from what I could gather. The preamp was an EMT JPA66 Mk2. Very high end stuff, which I wont be buying.

So what kind of preamps would suit the tonality of Rogue ST-100 ? Neutral, a bit warm or..? Rogue's own preamp is an option but they are not as well reputed as the power amps so I am considering other options too. Budget, $3-4k new/used
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as reference for this thread I have the Rogue Audio RH-1 preamp / headphone amp less phono stage and the Stereo 100 power amp.  
i used to have a Cronus Magnum II.  
The sound of the RH-1 Stereo 100 is much more dynamic than the cronus magnum as it should be.  The sound is also capable of playing louder and with deeper more controlled bass.  
The Stereo 100 has multiple power supplies in a dual mono configuration and at least twice the amount of reserve capacitors.  
Since I used similar tube rolling on each, the overall sound is similar to the cronus magnum being smooth, huge soundstage and ultra refined.  
Add more dyanmics (especially using the balanced connections) , bass impact and capability to drive bigger speakers in a bigger room and the sound is a winner.  
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