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What active preamp...

...has almost all advantages of passive + the gain advantages of active and high input sencitivity?
What will be the price of this preamp?

For the sake of the stage I placed the equipment stand away from speakers. Only amps are standing next to my speakers. They're connected with 5m MIT 2i interconnects.

Now I'm forced to use an active pre-amplification but I miss passive drive that has no coloration and brightness.
My budget is sligtly over $1500
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sugarbrie
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Used (tube) Blue Circle BC3 Despina can be had for around $1500. It can handle long runs and will not color the sound. If you want solid state, then the Conrad Johnson PFR.

(PS...Since when is an active preamp automatically bright??)
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marakanetz OP
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...it's actually more on colouration and bringing the sound away from reality rather than being simply bright that is not neccesarily.
with short interconnect runs and sencitive poweramps you can get away with cheap passive pre-amplification that will be compatible with expencive active preamps.
twl
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Marakanetz, I have found that using Argent Room Lens clones between my speakers has eliminated the problem that is normally caused by having the equipment between the speakers. This is very easy and cheap to try. Instructions for them are on the Jon Risch DIY room treatments website. I made 6 of them for about $50. I then followed the Argent recommendations for placement, and found out that they worked very well.

The reason I am mentioning this, is because maybe you can get back to passive this way. And also, look at the Bent Audio website for the new wave in passive controls.
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