Tube pre amp

MAGNI 3  (not Mani 3 which might not be an actual thing, but there is a Mani phono preamp), which, by the way, is an astonishingly great sounding little amp, built like a tank (albeit a very small tank).

I'm now on my third piece of Schiit gear as, based on very positive reviews and my experience with my other two Schiit items, I just bought a Mani 3 headphone amp (as everybody should for 100 bucks...it's almost free)...so a Freya, the amazing Loki EQ, and a Mani 3 for less than a grand should make more than a few other companies somewhat worried as all three are superb sounding, quiet running, no nonsense designs. I did not expect the Freya to be "that good" until I put it in my rig last year, and yeah...it is that good.

The Freya uses 4 6SN7GTBs or equivalent, and with remote switching between 3 modes (passive, FET, and tube), balanced and single ended ins and outs, and an accurate low distortion 128 step relay attenuator, there remains nothing like it anywhere.

Vincent makes great and seemingly underrated stuff...until late last year I'd been using a Kavent S33 SS preamp which is a re-badged Vincent. Great sounding dual mono fully balanced preamp, but since I like tubes and have been using a Dennis Had SEP power amp for a while, I thought I'd try a Schiit Freya for its tube stage, and because it's curiously inexpensive. The Freya sounds great and I've been tube rolling and enjoying it immensely...there's nothing quite like it on the market, and certainly nothing with its features for anything near 700 bucks.