I am very happy with my Sonic Frontiers Line 3. It provides great performance and a great remote all for a very competitive price as compared to other vendor's models.
I have a CAT preamp with phono, it is by far the best preamp and phone stage I have heard in my system. I became tired of always getting up to change the volume. I read a review in The Absolute Sound on the Placette Remote Control. I bought one with the 30 day return policy from the company.I can not detect any loss of sound with the Placette, it is very transparent and really mates well with the CAT.Many CAT owners have this combination.Good luck, you just can't go wrong the CAT.It sounds wonderful and has great resale value.
Her full name is CH Cooneyisle Sugar Britches. The "CH" denotes champion. She is a Champion with the CFA (Cat Fanciers Association) which is the national organization much like AKC for dogs. She needed something like 5 first place ribbons at cat shows to get the champion denotation in her name. If you type "Cooneyisle Sugar Britches" with the quotes in HOTBOT or ALTAVISTA you will find web sites with a couple breaders who have her children and grandchildren. As I said she does not have a "remote" but I am under her "control"!! She sits with me in the listening room. The only CD that has caused her to run out of the room was an Ethel Merman CD played loud!!! I think we are getting off the subject !!!
What's your budget? Given that you mentioned CAT, I wouls think BAT and SF would be in you price range. The BAT VK30, %, and 50 all have remotes, and te last two were/are Stereophile Class A reco. components just like the CAT. In case you are interested...I have a BAT VK5 with the SE upgrade on auction at Audiogon.
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