Parasound Preamp

I guess that is why I didn’t like either one. 

I had one in my old system. Liked it. 

I had the P6. It is a good pre to control all your gear. The sub outputs are very handy along with the tone control. The pono stage is good also. I traded and bought the P6 in black to go with my A21+ amp. It is a great pre and the dac is not bad. The balance out is what you need to build the rest of your system. But i fell for an AR Preamplifier and my Parasound is now setting on the shelf. PM me i work you a deal on mine.

I have owned the P5 and moved to the P7 for the 5.1 pass through. The 7 I thought sounds better than the 5.  Never heard the 6. The unit is a Swiss Army knife as far as features go. I love that I can use the sub with me setting for music and another for movies.  If you only need a pure pre maybe there is better. But does the money I paid I can’t beat it. I bought both used. Got all my money back on 5. And 7 I got delivered under 1k.  Super deal. 

If you don't need the sub out then you should try the Audio-GD R28 balanced preamp for around $1,500.00 or the Wyred 4 sound STP-SEpreamp, or even the Denafrips Athena or Hestia preamps.