The future of preamps

@ mapman, All that happened to the Krell 700cx amp I have was not the amp's fault at all, thats a whole other story by its self, the amp was working when I sent it to krell, just not working correctly, as a matter of fact, It was amazing the amp was working, Krell makes some tough amps!, As far as componets go at this point, The Krell appeared to be the best quality out of all the other poor, over priced equipment I had bad exsperiences with., Happy Listening.

@ Isochronism, Hi Brett, Thankyou for your kind words, Happy new year.

Audiolabyrinth, I doubt you will have problems with Atma-Sphere MP-1 driving your Krell. Still hesitant, a great alternative is SMC Audio VRE-1C. It's SS and competes with the very best tube pre. Send me PM for more details if interested.

@ Knghifi, Wow!, Is steve still with mccormack in virgina?, seems he has his own company, from what I researched, the preamp you referred is something I have never seen before, no gain!, very different from any thing!, Have you had the opportunity to listen to smc preamp?

Keith- If you want to contact Steve McCormack, you can do it thru this site (user name Stevemcx I believe) or thru his mod company SMcAudio. He's usually very approachable.