Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass?


Does anyone have experience with a decent tube based preamp with a home theater bypass feature?

kota1

McIntosh C12000, C2700 and C8 all have HT pass thru. I own the C2700 and use the HT pass thru with my Anthem surround processor.

@bjp9738 , I am looking at the Mac MB50 streamer/preamp and the tips I got for a workaround from @carlsbad ​​​​@audiotroy have me thinking this will fit my needs. I am really intrigued by the Mac brand and am already using the DTS Play-Fi system the MB50 uses around the house. What do you think?

The Nagra Jazz (and maybe other Nagras) have bypass.

The preamp does not need to be powered on as it moves relays over to the bypass when shut off.

It seems to sound ok too,

 

Thank you to everyone who posted. I have a lot to shop for now and really appreciate the suggestions. Looking forward to checking each suggestion out and will post about it once it is in my rack. If you look at the system on my profile page you will see I am mainly a multichannel enthusiast but I saw a post about this HT bypass feature and since my multichannel is set I decided to try a really nice two channel pre. I am sure it will be different than what I have now and that is why I asked for some feedback here. 

@kota1 I don’t know a lot about the MB50, but I probably wouldn’t consider it a true preamp, although it does have limited digital and analog inputs. I’m not sure it would be any sonic improvement over your Marantz in 2-channel direct mode.