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Preamp into Quad Actives?

Perhaps I should not look further than my Rotel RC1070 pre running into my Quad 12L active speakers, but I'd like to try a tube pre and/or balanced cables. Budget would be under $1,500. Anyone have opinions about this combination?
ktennis

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ktennis OP
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How do you like the sound of the Quad actives now?

It can't hurt to try balanced and/or a tube pre. As for the speakers, for their size I could not be happier with the sound.

I have no experience with tubes. Any inexpensive preamp recommendations would be appreciated. Naive or not, my system, which includes a cheapo Sony DVD/SACD player, is dead silent now so I am concerned about tube hiss, which is only something I've read about.
ktennis OP
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......that by digitally pulling down the offending frequencies a few dB and pushing up the frequencies above 8kHz......

You can make such adjustments with the CDP-2!?
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