Looking for a preamp with XLR connections


Looking for a reference preamp with XLR inputs and outputs. Looking to spend less than 10k, no tubes. Any suggestion? Thought about the schitt Freya+, but audio science review just review it, and the measurements were aweful. 
Thank you for your recommendations. 

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Bel Canto PRE5. All analog. Dead quiet.  True balanced. Dynamic Range 125dB. $2,300      
 

The Pre5 is a very nice preamp (I’ve owned it) but for $300 more the Benchmark LA4 is audibly higher in resolution, quieter, and lower in distortion. It also has an additional balanced input over the Pre5, is heavier, and feels much more substantial in use. 
 

The differences in sound are not massive but in A/B comparison they are detectable. 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass on Pass! Their amps are fantastic. Their preamps are anemic and less than exciting...I have had both the XP-20 and XP-30 and went back to a tube based preamp. With both the Pass preamps I had Pass amps paired to them and was underwhelmed to say the least.