I use Ayre and Vandersteen. Personally, I would prefer an Ayre preamp.
"Most importantly, which brand(s) of cabling do you plan to use in this system? Keep me posted & Happy Listening!"
Why would that be more important than selecting a preamp? Maybe if you messed up and now have to fix a mistake, but in this case, it doesn't appear that the OP is making a poor choice either way. If you match your components properly, cable selection is easy.
"Most importantly, which brand(s) of cabling do you plan to use in this system? Keep me posted & Happy Listening!"
Why would that be more important than selecting a preamp? Maybe if you messed up and now have to fix a mistake, but in this case, it doesn't appear that the OP is making a poor choice either way. If you match your components properly, cable selection is easy.