Preamp suggestion for Quicksilver M120 amps

ARC used.

LS 25 MKII? LS 26?

Aesthetix Calypso or Pallene, Audible Illusions M3 or if you can live without a remote the newest Quicksilver preamp. They all work well with the M120. You might want to reach out to John Rutan at the Audio Connection in Verona NJ. He has a lot of experience with Quicksilver.

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Preamp suggestion for Quicksilver M120 amps

They don’t need any active pre’s to alter the sound of them Sam said to me.

Sam Tellig of Stereophile had a pair these, his favorite amps. He did a review of my Lightspeed Attenuator passive preamp into them and bought it (for trade price).
In the review he said it put your "active preamps feet into the fire". This was taken from the end of year "Recommended Components" issue.
https://ibb.co/mFQ2HYp

With this sort of input sensitivity and impedance, they really don’t need any more gain from any active preamp
Input Sensitivity 1 volt
Input impedance 100 K ohms
A Quote from Nelson pass https://ibb.co/rmFrN9g

Cheers George

joey54207 posts05-01-2020 12:58pmAesthetix Calypso or Pallene, Audible Illusions M3 or if you can live without a remote the newest Quicksilver preamp. They all work well with the M120. You might want to reach out to John Rutan at the Audio Connection in Verona NJ. He has a lot of experience with Quicksilver.

Agree with Joey54, several preamps sound nice with them, including the underrated QS Linestage with a pair of good 12AT7 tubes.  The remote version sounds good too, some prefer the non-remote version sonically. Some other members here running Aesthetix with Mono 120s with success. Dehaviland, Erhard-Audio, AI M3 all potential candidates...  

I truly enjoy running an upgraded Cary SLP-98 (6SN7 based) tube preamp with my Quicksilver Mono 120s.  This combo is very responsive to effective changes on input tubes and RCA interconnect changes.