Alternative of the pre/power amps
I am looking for the set which provide myself with natural
reproduction. I prefer to have something made from the beginning
from 80th to beginning of 90th. Preamp should has many balanced XLR
inputs. I prefer to have separate channels even in preamplifier. As
a source I have 1) Resolution Audio Cesium transport + 2
Quantums DACs (very rare DACs that can be used as one chanel DAC), 2)
Garrard 301 table with different arms (Stax, Grace, SAEC). The
speakers I used are Mirage M1 bi-wiring version, but I planning to
change them for the speakers with high sencitivity (like JBL 4333 or
even 4350).
The alternatives.
1) Jeff Rowland Model 7 + Jeff Rowland Consummate. What
embarrassing myself that this monos as long as this pre- are Class
AB units....
2) Threshold SA/1 + ?. This variant is less expensive but old
and not powerful. What preamp can be used here?
3) Mark Levinson ML2 + ???. ML2 is also not expensive, old,
not powerful and another problem is the preamps (ML1, 6, 7) that
matches ML2 have no XLRs! But ML6 is a true 2 mono unit!
4) Mark Levinson 20.5 + ML 26. Here is almost perfect except
ML 26 has only one XLR input and this combination not cheap as Jeffs
one.
5) Krell KRS 200+ ?. I guess KRS 200 is the best among
everything listed above, but it is more expensive then Model 7 and
20.5 and huge as Model 7. Also I do not know which preamp can I pick
for it. KRS 1 or 2 have no XLRs....
Thanks all. Happy New Year!
