New preamp: lamm ll2 or Cary slp 05

Thanks everyone for the comments and it does make sense. However I'm not exactly sure how to isolate the speakers I want since they'll alway be playing through a specific amp/preamp. I guess I should choose the speaker and amp first and then focus on the pre.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick with the dynaudios. I've heard them through a simaudio integrated and a pathos hybrid integrated and liked the speakers (I think) but not necessarily the amps.

Ajackson1: thanks for the info on the Cary, at least now I know it wouldn't be a good match for SS amps.

The Cary is not a bad match for all SS amps, only ones with low input impedance such as Pass. I have a Cary slp-05 with Classe CAm-350's-excellent combo.

Just to clarify. I am not saying u cannot use Cary SLP with SS amps. It just needs to be matched carefully. I do have the SLP and like it a lot. Read the SLP review in Stereophile, it will provide u with most of the info u need.

Buy Cary's awesome CAD 500 MB amps to match with the SLP 05 and not impedence match problem!!

You know Ajackson1 this is great info, I was not aware there could be a problem with impendence matching. What happens if there is a disparity in the impendence?

Is it like matching your cartridge and the phono pre? I was thinking about a new preamp and along with moving up to the SLP 05 I was considering the ARC Ref 3 or the McIntosh 2200 and I hadn't considered matching them to the my amps which I don't want to change.

Thanks for the info.