Is there a tube based 5.1 preamp on the market?


Hi All.
I have a friend using a 5 ch. Butler audio tubed amp.
He's using his old Sony rcv as a preamp.
Looking to see it there are any tube 5 ch preamps one the market.
If not,whats the best HT preamp for ~$1000 used.
Thanks,
Dave
david99
http://www.divertech.com/coplandcva306.html

The Copland CVA-306

I think used is ~$1900US
For the money, nothing comes close to an EAD classic 5.1 preamp. No its not tube, but it has great features and sound. Pick up a very good used one for under 750. A/D converter, D/A, optical, toslink and rca inputs. RCA and bal out to main speakers. Burr Brown dacs, etc,etc. Call Bolen Electronics and see if they have one or know who does. Ten years ago these retailed for 6995. and are built like it. My two cents.
The Fosgate is discontinued (as is Fosgate). Conrad-Johnson makes a tube-based 5.1 preamp but it is out of the price-range, too.

Kal
Better to go mono block or three separate units, then your choice for tube amps expands greatly.
Please be aware that the Fosgate only does Prologic decoding. It doesn't decode Dolby Digital or DTS.