The Chinese copy FM155 [or FM 255] preamps sound fantastic and are very cheap.Much better than a Schiit Freya for example.As they should be because the real things are around $20,000 and considered one of the best sounding preamps you can buy.
Reasonably priced preamplifier
At some point in the future, I would like to own a preamplifier from either CH Precision or Soulution but looking at their prices, I do not think that it is going to happen soon. So, until such time, I wanted to ask from experienced users here if there are preamplifiers within 7-8k (used) range that are different from the herd and can provide similar kind of performance that CH or Soulution provides?