Get yourself a Accuphase C200....on Ebay for $500 and there's a guy in Reno that can mod it for 300. I have two of these one for my main and the other for my bedroom system. I guarantee it will be the best $800 preamp you ever heard.....possibly better than 5-6k preamps. When my tech upgraded it the output signal mirrored the test signal...not many preamps do that. the dynamics,transperency and soundstage are stunning.