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Looking for a preamp with XLR connections

Looking for a reference preamp with XLR inputs and outputs. Looking to spend less than 10k, no tubes. Any suggestion? Thought about the schitt Freya+, but audio science review just review it, and the measurements were aweful. 
Thank you for your recommendations. 

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ditusa
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The Schiit Freya+ preamp is AES48 compliant.

Mike

juanmanuelfangioii
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Simaudio 390

helomech
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Bel Canto PRE5. All analog. Dead quiet.  True balanced. Dynamic Range 125dB. $2,300      
 

The Pre5 is a very nice preamp (I’ve owned it) but for $300 more the Benchmark LA4 is audibly higher in resolution, quieter, and lower in distortion. It also has an additional balanced input over the Pre5, is heavier, and feels much more substantial in use. 
 

The differences in sound are not massive but in A/B comparison they are detectable. 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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jtgofish
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A.S.R.-   Aspergers for Soulless Reproduction.

jdal
162 posts
 

I second the Jeff Rowland Capri S2 recommendation. Forget about ASR. 

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