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Another preamp suggestion thread for my Kharma/Mac combo

After having recently introduced a turntable into my rig (RP6 w/Dyn10x5) and ditched my digital preamp as a result I am in the market for a preamp that will work with my MC352 amp driving a pair of Kharma FE3.2.2 speakers. I'm looking to spend under $5K (new or used) and was originally thinking tubed (to go w/ SS amp) but I'm open to SS as well. The list of some considerations are below.  What are your thoughts?

Rogue RP5 (auditioned. thought the midrange a little too smooth but the soundstage was pretty awesome. no balanced in or out and the same remote codes as my Auralic Vega DAC = bummer)
Pass XP20
Cary SLP05
ARC (LS27/LS17SE)
BAT (VK51?)
Modwright 36.5

--moe
muneebk

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soix
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You've already got some great candidates on your list, so I'll add a few more "off the radar" options that might be worth a look in your price range. 

Sachs SP14 -- this is one I'm seriously considering myself.  A big bonus is that I think they offer a brief in-home trial, which to my mind is huge.  I know they offer balanced connections, but I don't know if it's fully balanced.  Here's a link...
http://www.tubes4hifi.com/don.htm

A couple others would be the Backert Labs Rhumba (again not sure if fully balanced) and Linear Tube Audio microZOTL2.0, which looks to be single ended only.  Just for some other options.  Best of luck. 


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