Best Sounding Passive Preamp

If you want the Very Best the Townsend Alagri is the one to get. One of the best products OF ANY KIND that HIFI Critic has every tested. In another price range altogether. Yes I have one and use it with my CJ 350 or Gamut 200. WHAT EVER you are using now this will be better. I also have Audia Flight and custom tube pre and this is the one I use!

I use a Schiit Sys, two inputs and volume control, all for $49. Very transparent.

One that uses autoformers. Once you try them, there's no going back. I love my ASL T1, and I’m sure the others are even better.

http://www.divertech.com/aslpassiveti.html

http://www.divertech.com/aslpassiveti2.html

http://www.townshendaudio.com/allegri/

http://www.dagogo.com/emia-remote-autoformer-review

http://www.audio-consulting.ch/?Products:Preamplifier:Silver_Rock_Meteor_AVC

kalali
I use a Schiit Sys, two inputs and volume control, all for $49. Very transparent.

+1 for this.

Simple test is, to go direct from source to amp, with a very quiet starting CD (eg:Ravels Bolero), with your finger on the stop button in case it gets too loud. 
This is the most transparent transfer from source to amp you can possibly ever get.

Then get the closest to that with a passive pre in between.

Cheers George  

I just ordered a Schitt Saga. It is both passive and active, in case I want a little tube sound. I will compare it to my Transcendent Grounded Grid Preamp, a great bargain its own self! I'd like to spend a little money, before I spend a Lot!