I 2nd Blackie ... Placette is the one company that has a remote unit that does not inorduce distortion. I have the Placette Active line stage and it is the best preamp I have "not" heard under $10K. --Lorne
Ditto Lorne and Blackie, Placette passive with remote volume, outstanding piece. Lorne is telling no fib, the best NOT heard preamp active or passive, outstanding transparencey. Extended top to bottom, hard to believe its a passive. Only 1400 retail, a bargin for what it doesn't do to the signal. One user sold his Cat and now uses this little passive.
Give the Van den Hul array P-1 a listen. It looks simple and elegant. The sound is accurate, musical with no coloration, a great solid state passive preamp w/remote. For good tube preamp, Art Audio no-feedback preamps are excellent choices.
..Heh! If you go to www.marchandelec.com you can get either assembled or all necessary quality parts to assemble a world class passive preamp but without remote that will be 5X cheaper than Placette(bellow $300).
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