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Pre amp for Pass Aleph 3

Current or former owners of the Pass Labs Aleph 3 amp, please give me some idea of what pre amp you like and sounds good as well as mates well with the 3. I just picked one up and know it needs a pre amp with a bit of gain. No passives with this amp as noted in the Stereophile Class A review.

Im currently thinking of AA Modulus 3A, Cary SPL-50 or EA-3 DJH Sig. pre as well as an Audio Note M-One. Id like to have a MM phono stage...but not necessary. Price range used is ~1K.

Thanks for the ideas and thoughts,
Ken
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kehut OP
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Thanks guys...

Ad010685, which passives specifically?
ad010685
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In the past I used a DACT DIY based passive. Now Luminous audio shunted passivewith 4.99 ohm Caddock
Cheers
tiverson2000
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I feed my aleph 3 with a benchmark dac1. I use the volume control on the dac. minimalist route, I have an adcom 5 disk changer feeding the dac1 thru coaxial cable. The sound is pure pleasure to my ears. Speakers are totem model 1 sig. and velodyne servo sub. very simple and minimal setup for two channel.

Tony
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kehut OP
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Thanks all. I paired the Aleph 3 with a EA-3 DJH with some RCA 6SN7GT/231 Gray Glass tubes..Very smooth sound.
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jtgofish
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A friend has used a Supratek Grange to good effect.The Aleph 3 to my ears sounds good but a bit lifeless.So vibrant sounding preamps like the Suprateks suit them well.Even the cheap Chenin would work well.
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