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Preamps with balanced ins/outs and remote

I know there are some really good preamps without remotes like the Coincident line stage. I also know there are really good preamps with just single ended in and outs like the Herron and the Dude. However, are there really good preamps with balanced ins and outs with a remote? I have Merrill Audio Veritas amps that require balanced ins and a balanced system overall. I need a remote because I make a lot of my CD,s and the volumes of the various songs do not always match. Thanks in advance.
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peter_s
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Many good choices. Hopefully you can atleast fit in a power supply box along with the main box. So, you don't need a phono stage?
peter_s
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VAC. Ayre. Allnic. What is your price range?
peter_s
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I've got a VAC preamp that is transformer coupled on the output, and one can switch inputs b/t single ended and balanced (I assume also using transformers). I am told that this is a fully balanced preamp. Does that really qualify? It is fully balanced on the ins and the outs, but I think it must be converted to SE while within the preamp (I'm guessing that). The output impedence is very very low, which is good.

How does splitting the signal (or combining a balanced signal) with an Xformer affect the sound relative to having the preamp use 2 seperate paths all the way through?

Again - I don't KNOW that this is teh way the VAC works, but I think it is..............
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