Cayin makes a brilliant line of tube gear. I use the pre stage of their A-100T integrated (preamp out was a free mod) to add life and a soundstage to active monitors. I believe their preamp is under $1000. The cheapest integrated amp is only $1200. Wow, and I mean it.
Tube Preamp into Active Speakers - Recommendations
I am the happy owner of some Quad 12L Actives and currently run them via a mid-fi Rotel 1070 preamp. I'd like to try a tube preamp but would like to keep both the noise and budget to a minimum. That said, I think I'd like to have balanced outputs on the tube premap.
Any experiences, warnings or suggestions?
Any experiences, warnings or suggestions?