Quicksilver’s preamp is $1295 and very hard to beat; sounds great, point to point wiring, American made, comments which helped me toward this unit testified to rugged reliability and great customer service. I also bought the 60wpc amps. That’s above your price point but the 40 watts would fit the bill. At list preamp and monoblocks would be $3290. Quicksilver also makes a nice integrated for $1995 that I heard power some 85db Dynaudios.
You might consider the Erhard's Basie amp, too -- http://www.erhard-audio.com/Basie.html
You might consider the Erhard's Basie amp, too -- http://www.erhard-audio.com/Basie.html