Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time?


This thread for you tubeguys.Nominate your favorite tube Pre Amp of all time. More info for audiogon members the better. Remember some members are just starting their high end experience.
ferrari

I am enjoying reading this thread as I have not had the opportunity to hear a number of these recommended preamps except for the CAT SL1, which was amazing!
 

I’ve read a great many magazines over the years though and wondered where you would place these tube preamps in the rankings as I remembered they had very positive reviews as well:

cj Premier II

cj Premier III

cj Premier 7

Berning TF10A/AH

Counterpoint SA5/5.1

Counterpoint SA9/11

MFA/Quintessential

Don Gerber/ Fi preamp

Marantz 7

Would any of these make the Top 10 in your opinion?

Zesto Audio ,   some of the best gear many have never heard of..   The Leto Preamp is an incredible sounding piece.   Plenty of inputs , 3 RCA , 2 XLR,    2 pair of RCA and 2 pair of XLR outputs , HT pass through.   

Their Leto Ultra II is the newest version,  if you are looking for something in this price segment you owe it to yourself to audition.     

I just sent mine out for the ESP Power Supply upgrade,  Zesto customer service is probably the best I've ever encountered in audio.   

will never get rid of my Audible Illusions 3A with JC phono stage, just wish it wasn't so hard on tubes..

My favorites are custom-built linestages made by Aldo D'Urso, an Italian builder/designer.  He uses mostly vintage parts, including Western Electric capacitors and transformers.  I have one of his custom linestages that employs output transformers and uses Western Electric 310 and 348 tubes.  The one concession to modernity is that he put in a motorized and remotely controlled volume pot to accommodate my laziness.  

I have heard other models that he made that are extremely expensive and nice sounding.  One has a pair of output transformers that, the transformers alone, cost about $20,000 a pair if you can find them.  

Of slightly more commercial availability, I have heard and liked both the Audio Note (uk) M-10 and M-8 linestages and I also liked the Kondo M-10.  Shindo also makes some good linestages.  At a much lower price point, the top-of-the-line Atmasphere linestages sound good too.