Consider the Supratek Syrah. I have mine paired up with a SMCAudio/MacCormack DNA 0.5 Platinum and am quite pleased with the results. There are a lot of threads about this pre here (see "best preamps under 10K" for example).
My system is Roksan TMS2, Artemiz, XV1-S, Dynavector L300/P300, 2 x Dynavector HX1.2 MkII amps biamping Neat Ultimatum MF9. I have an EAR 864 on loan and I'm really enthused by the sound I'm getting with the Dynavector amps. Budget is whatever it takes to get what I want (within reason, of course!).
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