Hi , I will be listening to my Vac amp with a Shindo preamp mid week. I am in upstate NY, and you would also be welcome to bring your Monbrison to my place to hear it for yourself. My Phi 300.1 certainly is not the same as Kevins Rennaisance amps, but I believe it would help you as far as synergy goes. Vac amps have that high gain sensitivity, which is true of mine and his 300B amps.
