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Tube Preamp vs Solid State

I am in the process of choosing the right preamp for my system.
Speakers are Thiel CS 3.7, stereo amp Karan KAS 600 and source Ayon S5 network player.
Having a Karan solid state amp i can either take their KA-L Rerefence Mk3 preamp or go the tube way with a VAC Signature Mk2.
Will i benefit more mating the VAC preamp with my solid state amp ?
Any experience on the subject is welcome.
Thanks.
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mapman
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Georgelofi

I'm interesting in trying a passive with 3 inputs minimum for under 500. What options would you recommend? Thanks.
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georgehifi
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Hi Mapman, only one that I know that is reasonably priced at $49 is this one but it only has 2 inputs
[url]http://schiit.com/products/sys[/url]
If you PM me I can give you an alternative.

Cheers George
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mdemaio
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Map, have you seen this one? They're in the UK but have a 30-day trial:
http://www.tisburyaudio.co.uk
last_lemming
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Goodpoint makes a passive pre around the 500-600 dollar mark
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georgehifi
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Yes that maybe better than the Schitt Mdemaio, at 10kohm also, but it has a not so useable 20 position switch smd resistor type VC, these can be a bit coarse, a 32 position would have been better.

But it's 6 x the price of the http://schiit.com/products/sys
which also has a 15 day return policy, maybe I should start doing this.

And I wonder what quality the input switching control is like as there are no internal pictures on the web to show it.

Cheers George
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