Whats the ultimate goal with your pre amp ?

Roger Sanders “The Preamp” is the most,colorless preamp I’ve ever used, it is the proverbial straightwire with gain I’ve ever purchased. Past 35+ years I’ve been through a lot of preamps, amps, cd spinners, EQ’s, tape decks, tuners, receivers’ etc etc

plus, it’s small, is unassuming, has amazing features, and has 20K of,capacitance

the remote alone is a mini computer. Has XLR and RCA’s.
not sure if totally balanced, the best preamp I’ve ever had.
she is a keeper. Completely colorless of every recording, good in good out, bad in bad out

30 day in home trial…..after the 4th week, I called Roger & asked for anther 2 weeks with the preamp, as I felt she was not broken in yet,….before the 6th week was up I called Roger with my credit card info.
I still swap in my Onkyo P-308 listening to Bathory’s first three releases, demo’s, live shows .

I love talking to Roger, he will answer every question, and loves to chat and talk audio, capacitors, cables, electrostatic speakers, and talk about his Magtech stereo amp, which I’m saving for a bit at a time, I’m almost there another year and I’ll be ready to buy one of the most reliable and power / current dumping amps.

Now that I’m writing all this, I’m realizing how close I am to finally owning the Magtech amp! I’m H A P P Y, …IM H A P P Y…..

http://sanderssoundsystems.com

a ton of info here, take an hour and read the white papers, reviews,, Roger is a good man, call him and shoot the breeze ne evening!

http://sanderssoundsystems.com

The preamp is overkill when your source components are of lesser quality. The preamp can't put back in what the source left out, just let it come through as uncolored as possible. I wouldn't use a $10K preamp like the Classe Delta with a $500 source.

Do a 30-day home trial with your system and ears of the Benchmark LA4 preamp. Uncolored, XLR, pure silence from the tweeters, and the volume control is amazing. The volume control does click but that is a benefit for me since it has 256 steps.

Benchmark LA4 Line Amplifier - Benchmark Media Systems

The Benchmark website has had this disclaimer since 2019. They are selling a ton of them.

WE RECOMMEND PLACING AN ORDER BEFORE THESE ARE SOLD OUT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION, BUT DEMAND HAS BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

I recently got a CODA #16 amp and paired with the LA4 is amazing. I just hear the beautiful sounding amp and my source.

BTW - I tried a $7.5K colored preamp with CODA, KRELL XD, Benchmark AHB2, Parasound A21+, Class D (and GAN), I always came back to the LA4. If the amp sounds good, then I want to hear that and not the preamp.

+1 on the Benchmark LA4, I just recently got one before the Holidays and it's the best preamp I've used in the last 40 years.