Try to check the Space-Tech Lab pre-amps, they are real good sound with more than reasonable price. Just go www.space-tech-lab.com and see. I own several pieces of their equipment, QA-114,VP-105,DA-512X,3WXO-passive, never fails me, really better performance than those selling several times more expensive from market. The look might not be as great as those quantity productions, but is still reasonably looking good, you can't ask for too much from a all hand-made piece, I saw and listen their pre beat down those Jadis, Conrad-Johnson, Audio Research and Sonic Frontier in their shop, very impress.