Tube pre w/ remote and phono: used 5-$600.....


Possible to obtain these functions in this price? If pushed....could live without phono stage...any suggestions? Also...big and heavy and built like a tank a bonus...looking for that classic 3-d sound vs. transparency and detail...thanks...
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I don't know this preamp so take it as only something to check out. There is a Quicksilver Preamp with phono on the Gon that I was eyeing myself this morning that meets your requirements. Beats me how it sounds.
Good luck finding all these features for that price. I've grown tired of looking for a tubed preamp for my preferences and price range.
I've decided to have it custom built.This maybe your best bet.If your not a name hound and value quality parts and performance over bragging rights, it maybe the best way to go. This way it can be designed to work with your current gear without worries of mismatch. I just recieved a quote for $600 from a well known designer, so it's not as expensive as one might think when you cut out the middle men.Remote and phono will be a little more. I've learned going straight to the man himself can save you a lot of loot!;-)

Good luck hunting
i would suggest a minty used mac. c26,c27,c28 etc... very neutral,full function, great phono stage....and in 10 years , probably worth more than you paid for it.
That is EXtremly Tuff... If you want resonable build and sound your gonna have to strech to about double that. At 600.00 Its gonna be basically With a cheaper phono stage internally(more than likely MM only)and no remote, or with remote No phono, and even then expect with shipping and all that to touch around 700.00... I tried finding the same as you recently and there was basically no way to pull it off without droping at the very least about 850.00 and I think the only stuff I found in that range at all would be something like the Rogue 66. Your probably better finding a tube pre in the 600.00 range if lucky with remote, and add a Music hall, Lehmann, or Cambridge phono stage.. I think new all those run around 99.00 to 150.00. Good luck
You might realize that after the thorough search for $600 full function preamp you won't find better one neither tube or SS to Sunfire SRP which is SS.
It has MM/MC transformerless phonostage(MC has near 65dB!) and excellent noise-free line performance as well.