Placette

The RVC is a revealation in my budget system, everything that I read in the reviews is true. Neutral and transparent,extremely faithful to source and the other gear.Being passive, the soundfield is slightly recessed(which I prefer) and maybe a little lacking in weight.
I love mine and highly recommend it.

Nskaye, I would recommend you take a look at my review on the Bent Tap linestage that contains many details on the sonics of the Placette Active linestage.

The Placette Active linestage was my reference for over three years and replaced a ML-32 for $12000.00 less. I auditioned over seven other preamps, both tubed and solid state, that did not out perform the Placette, untill the Bent Audio Tap did recently for the reasons stated in my review.

I run the Placette and IMHO, it's as good as a preamp gets.