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Well, I decided to get an Audio Illusion M 3A

lately I had a few posts in the amp /preamp topics. As I have decided to jump from a Rogue cronus magnum (for sale now) to a tube preamp and a ss amp. After reading several reviews and talking to the folks at AI, I bought a M3A completely refurbished , new tube and 1 yr warranty. Since my Counterpoint days, I love the idea of separate power supply. Now come the ss amp. with a budget of < $3K . My speakers are Vandys 2Esig, which I want to keep for now. To all resourceful readers, what amp do you recommend. some choices may be parasound and Bryston. If you had experience with an AI preamp please state so . thanks for your imput.
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A great tube pre one of the best I’ve heard, probably because they run the 6DJ8/6922 quite hard, my mate gets around a year out of them, he says his favorites in order are RCA, Siemen, Telfunken, as he says they are the cleanest sounding to him, I say, that’s because they’re closer to a solid state sound to him, and he hates that.
The Vandy’s have a rep for "sometimes" sounding a touch laid back, Parasound Halo A21+ would be great I think

Cheers George
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