audio aero

I have been using the Capitole Signature for more than a year with my MX-R amps, with very good results.
I have just purchased a Ayre KX-R and can tell you that, even without the pre-amp being fully broken in, the Capitole is no match.
I would summarize by saying the the Capitole is a very good pre-amp when compared to stand-alone unit in the 3-4K price range.

Borrow a pre from someone.I use a Conrad Johnson LS16 with
mine.

I tried before audiopx model 5, gamut d3, and now goldmund 27.3, my impresion is that all these preamplifiers using between my AA prestige and the amplifier I use , has a slowness efect in music, some kind of loss in dynamics, some times a discret compressionin extremes.