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Pre for the Manley Snapper

Everytime i visit a hifistore, and tell them about a pre for the Manly Snapper. They always tell med different preamps, and the shop that has the Manley snapper mono amps they tell me, that i cant use that or that. I have to but the pre they are selling. 
And of course i can buy the Manley Steelhead, and thats the end of it. It will fit like a glove. But i hope to find something cheaper than the Steelhead. Probably with a dac and streaming device. But i hope for a pre that dont have digital volume. Because with digital volume, i get the feeling when i play on low volume that there is something holding back the sound. It fells compressed in the sound, if you understand my thinking. 
So does anybody know of a good pre for the snapper that dont cost more than maybe 5.000€ perhaps.
So any suggestion you good folks out there in the sound jungle

Haakon 
heidrun
stevecham
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Either a Manley Jumbo Shrimp or a Steelhead (provided you only need vinyl and one line level input, otherwise you'll need a Skipjack for more line level inputs).  I had a Jumbo Shrimp with the Snappers and later traded up to Steelhead/Skipjack and NEO 250s. The Jumbo Shrimp would be my recommendation, based on experience. Sounds wonderful and is dead quiet. A perfect match.

Yes, I am a Manley Labs fan.
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heidrun OP
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Thanks for the reply. Havent thought about the Shrimp. Thanks. But its strange. The Snapper has XLR in, but i cant find a Manley Pre with XLR out
pryso
1,967 posts
 
Agree the Jumbo Shrimp seems the most logical answer.  However it is a line stage, not a full preamp, so no phono section.  I've read good things about the Manley Chinook phono stage (a stripped-down version of the Steelhead) which could then be added.  That would give more flexibility for inputs, balance, etc. than going with the Steelhead alone.
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