Bargain amps and preamps with XLR connections?

FWIW nearly any amp can be set up to not only have XLR connections, but to also process both the inverting and non-inverting connections of the XLR.

I am talking in most cases about a very simple modification, but in the past I have found the most difficult part is where to put the connector. IOW, any amplifier has the capability internally, it just does not get used. So usually its just a matter of hooking it up.

I was looking for the same thing and found a NOS Kavent S-33 (exactly the same preamp as the Vincent SA-93). Or they found me really...and now they're (Kavent) nowhere to be found, and I wonder what they did with all the left over Kavent stuff. In any case it was inexpensive and an AMAZING sounding thing. I had considered a used Adcom 750 or a Marsh...so there's that. I had been using a Forte' 55 which led me to wanting a balanced out preamp (balanced ins also) and I replaced that with a Jolida 502p with xlr inputs...I just like xlrs from all these years as a musician...they're snappy! And quiet.

Odyssey Khartago.