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What pre in the $500 pre owned market

I just picked up a Pass Aleph 60. I am looking for a pre owned pre amp to go with this amp, My system is as follows.

Audio Note CDT-1
Mccormack DAC-1 /w upgrades
Jupiter speakers. http://www.jupiter-audio.com/pages/europa.html
I also have xm hooked to this system through a separate DAC.
I am thinking about a quicksilver linestage.
Also thinking about a mccormack tlc 1 pre.
Not real high end but it suites my needs.
Any other pre amps I might want to consider?
Like I stated I am looking in the $500 rage , pre owned.
I also have a NAD C 541i HDCD Player hooked up so the wife can listen to her CD-R as I do not want her playing them on the Audio Note.

Thanks Brian
skiezo
tobias
1,534 posts
 
Boy, that's a pickle. You have a great amp but no preamp and thus no music. On top of that you have only $500 for a preamp for your great amp. So you can choose between limiting your great amp with a preamp that is not at the amp's level, or else no music. Shucks.

I don't know what I would do myself. If I played vinyl I'd maybe save a bit more while I looked for an older Klyne. I've (rarely) seen SK-5As for under $800.
rleff
1,065 posts
 
I would take a look at the vincent sa-31,Audible Illusions 2A,and Belles 20A for tubes and second the Klyne for solid state.
eslaudio
118 posts
 
Eastern Electric Minimax is right in that range used and sounds awesome.
koven
94 posts
 
AES AE-3
raquel
841 posts
 
Audio Research LS-3.
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