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Need reasonably priced balanced preamp

After years of home theater the new house allows breakout of the fronts and amp for a dedicated 2 channel setup (Levinson 336, Wilson 5.1's). Primary use is for vinyl front end and some digital streaming. Been looking at the reasonably priced Nuprime Dac10, Wyred mPre, Parasound P5, etc. Would like to have balanced outputs since I have those cables. Unfortunately no local dealers so can't listen to any of these. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
krocdoc
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almarg
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Thanks, Yogiboy. I had forgotten that the CP-60 had a phono stage option, and I didn't notice the reference to it in the title of the listing you referred to.

Mine did not include the phono stage option, btw, so I have no knowledge of its sonics.

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czarivey
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If you already have phonostage, you can find Muse Model 3.
rlwainwright
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Emotiva XSP-1 balanced preamp, excellent phono stage, 5 year warranty - $999...

https://emotiva.com/products/pres-and-pros/xsp-1

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krocdoc OP
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Thanks all for taking the time to respond. Would like to spend less than 2k and the Classe pre's that were recommended look good. Already have an old sonic frontiers sfp-1 phono stage so the phono isn't really needed. Also will rethink the balanced vs single ended. Never ran anything but balanced into the levinson.
jl35
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