Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

Audiogoner DarkMobius has offered me up some very reliable advice on multiple occasions and recommended these tube pre-amps in the $1K-$2K range to me a while back:

ARC, CAT, BAT, Modwright 9.0, VTL, Cary, Air Tight, Melody

Rebbi, if you can wait for one to come up as they seem to, the VTL 2.5 is a preamp that's inexpensive used. I recently purchased one and mine is very quiet and has that tube sound with a dimensional quality.

Martykl,

That little Bel Canto S300 looks like a winner, and I've seen a couple of them go on A'gon for around $1000. I'll check back daily and see if one comes up here at a good price.

Mapman,

Separates may be the way to go, ultimately, but I don't think I have the budget for them at this time. :-(

Hmmmm....

Maybe I can take back that last comment about not being able to afford separates. I see, for example, plenty of used, tube preamps on Audiogon for not a lot of money... many under $700. What makes and models would you folks recommend keeping an eye out for in the used, tube preamp arena?

Reb,

I think you can do it for $1500 and separates can deliver better performance, especially since you already have the separate phono pre-amp.

You could do a Juicy Music Peach + Musical Fidelity A3CR or something similar for about that. That would have been my choice at that price point had I not gone for the more expensive ARC pre-amp (with phono).