Tube preamp top clearance--McIntosh or in general

Thanks for the ideas.
Tricon_dave,
any comments on the C2300 sonics for linestage use (not phono)? Does it have that nice (to my ears) warm, liquid, relaxed Mac flavor but still definitive with no part of the spectrum exaggerated or supressed? (Even though it's not the last word in dynamics or slam.) This is my take on the C46 preamp I now own.

OK, I found this in audiokarma on my own question here,
in case anyone is interested.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140181

Thanks for the replies.

(Any comments on the Mcintosh C2300 preamp are also welcome, too.)

Dave, thanks for that!