don allen gen II pre amp vs. Maple tree 4se

From looking through the archives the only member who has had recent experiences with the Don Allen Gen II preamp here is:

Sean34

May be shoot him an e-mail via Audiogon to get his opinion or have him chime into this thread. He speaks very highly of the preamp from what I've read.

Jedinite, yes I saw Sean's posts, but I was hoping more would chime in. I will try emailing him. Thanks.

based on the poor response should I surmize don allen and maple tree preamps are niche buyers few and far between? And the lack of cmmentary means they don't rate highly compared to maintstream manufactures?

I replaced a First Sound Presence Deluxe with Don's preamp, and a gentleman over at audio asylum replaced a top of the line Hovland. At $800.00 you really aren't taking much of a chance. If you don't like it, you will sell it on Agon very quickly. I would be against that though.

Sorry, meant bet against that.