AA Capitole Mk II - what the evaluaions brought?

The Aloia's are rolling out as we pen our opinions.The first units have been sent to reviewers and will begin to appear soon.Dealers around the country,including Audio Areo dealers,will have them for your direct comparison by late summer.I'm anxious to read others opinions

Fortunatly or unfortunatly, I have incorporated my 2-ch into my HT using a Levinson 380S Pre. Using its UNITY GAIN (SSP mode)

I am getting the MKII but need to have it go via the ML380S. Its been recommended that I use SSP again. Will this degrade the sound ? I always was under the impression that the SSP was a pass through .. but seing the words I just typed ( Unity Gain) that maybe is a hint that there is voltage uplift ??

any suggestions ?

thanks
Matt

Mes, I can understand you response on Pre. Those are nice, well-made units, but I don't think they are in the same musical class as a top flight hard-wired NOS-tubed pre (never use ARC - any model pre - as a reference point for tube pre's at your system's level.) Try the Wytech - you've got the scratch, assumably. But if you really want to blow your socks off get ahold of a Supratek Cortese (see the thread here on Supratek Syrah pre) - at $2.5K less than the Wyetech top pre. I've been around, you won't regret it...

If a preamp uses a circuit board instead of point to point wiring you will hear the board.How about the one's mentioned hear including the preamp deal of the century.

If I'm not mistaken, the Supratek is also a transformer coupled pre amp is it not?