Preamp advice

If you are lucky, you can find a used Reference Line Preeminence active preamp. This is by far the best solid state pre-amp I have ever heard and if you can find them on the used market they go for a little over $1000. You are essentially getting Conrad Johnson ART or Mark Levinson Reference performance for like 1/15 the cost.

>>You are essentially getting Conrad Johnson ART or Mark Levinson Reference performance for like 1/15 the cost<<

LOLOLOL That's one of the funniest posts I've read here. Great stuff!!!

ESTRONG, You might want to consider the S-33 preamp by Kavent.. It runs about $1199.00 new and sounds great for the money. Me and 3 others did have the chance to hear the difference between the S-33 and the X-1 Pass labs preamp and all agreed we thought the S-33 sounded a little better overall.. There will always be matter of option , but we all thought it did sound a little more impressive..
Good luck on your search,
Dave