How about a used Mac preamp. They sound good and are very reliable. Some are priced much less than 1000 dollars and still compare favorably to todays preamps.
Good musical pre for $1000 used--match to McIntosh
OK, I think its time for a good preamp. I have upgraded the stuff around it but not that. SO,I am looking to buy a good used preamp for around $1000. Will match to either a rebuilt SS McIntosh MC250 amp or an ATI 1502 (I have both now). Pre can be tube or SS...must be musical with some decent detail and known for reliabililty. Replacing variously an SAE 2900, a Luminous Audio pre and an Audio Expressions MK3 tube pre. All had some good points but I think I need an active that is higher quality and more contemporary. If it has capability to use or bypass tone controls thats ok. No tone is probably fine too. Speakers are Ohm Walsh S100-2 with Cambridge 740C playing jazz, blues, acoustic guitar, singer/songwriters, female vocals.
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