Congratulations! I owned an original Modulus 3 for 12 years, bought a Modulus 3A to go in my secondary system, then replaced the Modulus 3 in the main system with the Modulus 3B. They are all very musical preamps. I no longer own them as I moved on to McIntosh. I did find the stepped volume controls on the 3A and 3B to be kind of useless because of such a high gain. Couldn’t get the volume to be just right. In my system, I was only using 1/4th of the volume control because of the high gain. The best tubes for that preamp are the Sovtek 6H23NEB tubes and are the only ones Art Ferris now recommends for the preamp. I bought matched sets from The Tube Store with excellent results. Those tubes should last 3 years or so. Do NOT make the mistake of buying NOS tubes because they will be toast within a year.
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.