What preamp goes with sim audio w-5?


Just got a sim w-5 power amp and am using a woo audio preamp to drive merlin vsm speakers. What preamp would go well with this power amp. I recently started listening to vinyl and mainly listen to opera. thanks
pedrillo

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I have to disagree with Amperidian here. Of course there is a certain amount of personal taste, but the description here is clear that amperidian likes a euphonic, colored, musical sound. In the most part, that's what tubes do. If you play a musical instrument, you'll know that the Dyn C4 / Andromeda, P-8 and W-8 combination sounds incredibly....neutral, fast, uncolored and most importantly transparent. This sound is the "real sound", the sound of instruments in "real life". The warm, mushy, overly rich in harmonics sound is certainly larger than life and pleasant at first, but six months down the road you'll be trading in your gear.