i have a canary ca601, sounds great. i replaced all the caps and tubes, it is an excellent preamp! it will give you that tube sound with a great sound stage, smooth & open with great bass. Speakers disappear real nice. mine is paired up to a mccormack dna1 ( or a harmaon kardon citation 7.1 ( both have been recapped) to vandersteen 2ci or b&w 801 s80...
My cj pv6 is a bit smoother, better but at a much greater cost.. the canary is really good for the $900 total invested! i'll have near $1200 into the cj pv6 when its all done..