Preamps for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers

I have a S30 (among many other amps) and pair it with a Shindo Vosne-Romanee. Pairing sounds wonderful to me.

I use passive preamps with my S-30 for single ended mode. I run an Otari MX-5050 BII direct into the S-30 for balanced mode.

Joule-Electra LA-300ME or LA-150SE would be the excellent match !

Lately I've been using a YS Audio A2-SE with my S-30. It is virtually dead quiet in balanced operation. A strange, intriguing unit as it's still breaking in; will need to evaluate some more.

The LA-150SE was excellent, but I would not replace my MP-3 with it, I went back and forth for a few weeks with the two as linestages, no experience with phono, and thought the Atma/Atma combo was meant to be; but could easily have lived with the Joule, a wonderful preamp indeed, but a brief moment of sanity convinced me not to keep both.