Planning to buy SF Ellipsa...any input?

i am thinking of mcintosh c500t with mc501 for the SF elipsa...any experts with any advice? thanks

thanks for your inputs. i should be getting the SF Ellipsa in the next few days..still cannot make-up my mind regarding the amp/pre. i presently have mac 402s with xrt28s and they sound magical. thus am biased to stay with Mac but maybe explore the tubes with the Ellipsa