Best tube preamp ever

The above list can easily multiply ten-fold and all would probably be correct.
What should be remembered is the BEST pre will be degraded
if not mated to the appropriate amplifier and only if that amplifier is mated to the correct speaker and that speaker is correct for the room it is in.
Before you spend 20K on a component check to see whats left money wise for everything needed to complete your system

Listen to Goldeneraguy. Don't forget the room. It is the final arbiter of your sonics....

Smoothjazz,
Funny how one could own an MBL and then VAC...and think them comparable...how does MBL do what they do with solid state?
Marvelous gear...and I totally agree with your VAC love...there's something simply musical about the VAC stuff...Kevin really does know what music sounds like...it's that simple.

Admire your taste and envy your ownership.

Larry

"Bat Rex" always made me think of a giant vampire bat; the kind of critter Godzilla or Mothra would get into it with. " Bat Rex devours Tokyo!" IN 3D!!!

There are a lot of folks who have owned very pricey, stratospheric preamps who now own TRL Dudes and say they will never have to look for another preamp again.

I went through over a dozen mid-priced preamps and settled on the Dude and matching Samson amps. Off the carousel in those two departments now.