Lougolding, I've owned the X1 and the X2.5 pre's. You can do far worse than either of these and they are near identical in performance (at least with a good line conditioner attached).
Regarding the BAT VK-500 (with BATPAK I presume), as a previous VK-500 owner, I'm confident you can do far better for less. Even in the bass regions which is by far the VK-500's strongest suit.
-IMO
Regarding the BAT VK-500 (with BATPAK I presume), as a previous VK-500 owner, I'm confident you can do far better for less. Even in the bass regions which is by far the VK-500's strongest suit.
-IMO