Thinking out loud: solid state Linestage < $2k?

With around a hundred Watts and Klipsch speakers; I’d go passive, too.      I was a minimalist, for decades.      One of the purest presentations I ever had, was with a Placette in my system.      Virtually nothing to break/go wrong, as well.      ie: https://tmraudio.com/components/preamplifiers/placette-audio-passive-line-stage-stereo-preamplifier-...      New: just slightly over budget:    http://www.placetteaudio.com/passive_line.htm      What I owned:  http://www.placetteaudio.com/remote_control.htm          As an experiment, you could try something like this, first: https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Precision-Passive-Controller-Preamplifier/dp/B07GRLV7XG

@rodman99999  thanks, I have a Schiit SYS I ran for more than a year that worked fine other than only having a single set of outputs. It was definitely quiet but kind of boring. I definitely need 2 sets of outputs.

I get it.      Happy hunting!