ARC LS-3 was really nice & cheap to boot....I used one for years w/a Classe CA200 although the pre has a high gain so you don't need to crank it up much.
Cortw, very wise choice although some of the above mentioned preamps are excellent as well. The Bel Canto Pre 1 is considered by some owners as their reference preamp. I am currently looking to buy one myself.
the one major thing I got to say about the bel canto pre1 is that what ever grain there was in your system has disappeared . very clean sound . also a very nice machined aluminum remote .
i used the classe 47.5 in the past but moved up to the cp-60 with internal phono and external power supply. big step up in sound quality with more options
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