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best preamp under 500 for cheap, poor student

Hi
here are the latest specs of my dorm system (keeps changing!...I keep getting stuff from my dad's house!)

Source Technics DVD 1 10
Amp1 Electrocompaniet aw100
amp surround: marantz pm17sa
amp center nOrh Le Amp (with EVS goldmund attenuator)

Speakers: JM Labs Mezzo Utopia
Spekers surround: Home made (JM Labs, PHL and Philips) 92dB
Center : KEF Reference

I am doing most of the volume control with the dvd audio player's in-built processor. I have posted about thirty five thousand posts asking what's wrong with this and NO ONE seems to answer that question.

so if that's not the way one controls the volume suggest a sub$500 alternative ss or tube to control my electrocompaniet aw100
subdoofus

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darkmoebius
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Try FT Audio's LW-1 Passive Controller ($500), they have a 30-day return/trial period. The unit delivers transparency, dynamics, imaging, soundstage, and amazingly deep & full bass. It doesn't have any of the sonic flaws commonly associated with passive pre's. And it also has 5 inputs, although no remote, but your a student so your room can't be that big.

Many people have replaced their high-end active tube and SS preamps with this unit. And it matches well with a large range of amplifiers. Contact Paul Lamm, the US/Worldwide distributor for FT Audio, and he'll honestly let you know if it will work well in your system. I called and he was honest enough to tell me that it wasn't an optimal match with my old amplifier.

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