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looking for ideas on a tube pre amp

I recently purchased a new pair of Focal Sopra #3 speakers and would like to try a tube pre amp with them. My main listening speakers have been Magnepan 20.1s with upgraded x overs for several years I purchased the Focals mostly to give my listening room a breath of fresh air even though I doubt I will ever part with my Maggies. I am currently using the Parasound JC2 preamp with the JC1 amps and mostly XLR cables so it would be nice to have a pre with XLR connections, I have been looking at the Audio research pre amps it would be nice to from someone that has tried several pre amps, I am giving myself a budget of about $2500. 
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You Have Atma, Herron and DeHavilland. It's great to have such fine choices in this price range. Either way you are in for a treat.
Personally have a Zesto Leto, balanced and transformer coupled with very low output impedance which helps with the long run to my Mcintosh MC 60s. 250 Ohm out to 500K Ohm input keeps plenty of pressure in the line. 
With the JC1 and it's 100K input impedance you can match with any of the above.

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