The Manley Shrimp and Jumbo Shrimp are nice tube preamps with very low output impedance and reasonable (11.8db) gain. I have a Shrimp driving my new Firstwatt F7 which has 10kohm input impedance, quite low so my tube preamp options were limited, especially for the budget ($1k used) I had in mind.
Preamp... Solid State or Tube
I am looking for 2-ch preamp that must have HT bypass option to mate with my existing HT processor.
My budget is 10K for this upgrade. Couple of preamps comes to mind but I have no experience with these components.
Ayre KX-5 Twenty
Aesthetix Calypso
My system consist of following components,
Speakers - B&W 800D2
Source - Aurender N10, Modwright Elyse DAC, Raysonic CD-128
Amps - Modwright KWA150SE (Pair of them being used in bridge mode)
Processor - Krell 707
Cables - Verastarr Grand Illusion Statement and Signature series
Any recommendations will be highly appreciated.
My budget is 10K for this upgrade. Couple of preamps comes to mind but I have no experience with these components.
Ayre KX-5 Twenty
Aesthetix Calypso
My system consist of following components,
Speakers - B&W 800D2
Source - Aurender N10, Modwright Elyse DAC, Raysonic CD-128
Amps - Modwright KWA150SE (Pair of them being used in bridge mode)
Processor - Krell 707
Cables - Verastarr Grand Illusion Statement and Signature series
Any recommendations will be highly appreciated.