Reasonably Priced PreAmp without Phono ?


Looking for any advice. This is for my second home. Amp is a McIntosh 7150.
This system will be used in my second home strictly for cd/dvd playback.
Thanks.
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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.
You're getting lots of good suggestions here and I suspect all would work fine.

One last word on the Quicksilver gear. I'm not sure I'd let reliability discourage your purchase in this case. I've owned two pairs of amps, a linestage and a phono pre (the preamp, phono pre, and my present amps, Silver Monos, were all purchased used) and I've never had even a hiccup with any of them. YMMV. Good luck.
Jonathan,
Thanks.
I think I would prefer it with the remote. Do you have it with the remote ?
My other use will be as a dvd playback in conjunction with my high def. monitor.
I have located a used Krell KAV280P. Any opinions ? What is a fair price for this ?
I've never heard a Krell preamp.

Your request doesn't state a price or a solid state or tubed preference.

FWIW, I'll through out my opinion. An Audio Mirror T-61 remote tubed line stage. I have the next model up that also includes a phono stage. There are some good comments on this forum regarding the T-61 model.