Sonic Frontiers Line 2. I've had mine for over 20 years and have no inclination to change. There's one at audiomart well within your budget.
Sonic Frontiers is no longer in business but partsconnexion.com does repairs and upgrades at a very reasonable price. Lots of flexibility with tubes and the best remote you'll find. I believe the designer of this preamp owns/runs partsconnexion. Built like a tank. Kevin Deal of upscaleaudio was a huge fan of Sonic Frontiers back in the day.
Sonic Frontiers is no longer in business but partsconnexion.com does repairs and upgrades at a very reasonable price. Lots of flexibility with tubes and the best remote you'll find. I believe the designer of this preamp owns/runs partsconnexion. Built like a tank. Kevin Deal of upscaleaudio was a huge fan of Sonic Frontiers back in the day.