Preamp suggestions

Mrdon- Freya is above his pricepoint.  

Re the Parasound-  Decent unit, but no remote and the volume steps are as large as 6db at the low end.  For $170 it is hard to go wrong with it.  Here is a review of it from new.   https://www.stereophile.com/content/parasound-pfet-900-preamplifier

Personally, I would get the Saga combo.  Warranty, US made, more flexibility in the phono setup and a better phono preamp with the Mani, and a Remote is nice to have.   The Tung Sol tube is supposed to be a bit better than the Russian.  If your budget is holding you back, I can give you an inexpensive Audio Technic phono stage to use until you can purchase a better one.  

Why is the Schiit Freya + being left off the list?

Cost and the tube gain stage is 4 x on the Freya, and unity on the Saga, and if he did have the Klipsch the unity would be better, but now with the Snell's the Freya would be better.

Cheers George 

Just making sure that I am following all of you correctly. With the Snell's in the mix a preamp with some at least minimal amount of gain is now the suggestion. The Schiit Freya is a good suggestion. Also found a Classe Audio DR-4 for about the same price as the Freya.  Still no phono section however. Mcreyn thank you very much for your offer on the phono stage.  That's very generous of you.  Depending on what I wind up with that would be terrific. Also, I hadn't mentioned this before but I do have a McIntosh MA6100 which I have used in the past as a preamp only.  Sadly my home was hit by lightning two weeks ago when my Mac was playing. I am trying to get repaired if possible 😦. It will power on but when I switch to select a source it trips and dies out.  Should I assume that if it can be repaired you would recommend using that as my preamp? Thank you again.  You've been incredibly helpful 

Just making sure that I am following all of you correctly.

The Saga with unity gain could be fine with your Snell's also, it just comes down to how much your source is giving, most do 2v and some I've seen can do 6v.
Give the Saga a go you may fine it fine. If you can't get the volume you know you can send it back for the higher gain Freya.

Cheers George 

One could try out the passive SYS for $50. Would serve as a great indicator of how much power is needed from a phonostage into the PA-5 amp. Buying and selling one would result in little loss.