Lots of options, especially if you don’t need analog. I would look at digital preamplifiers that avoid analog stages and provide attenuation in the digital domain. I would also look at units that can attenuate 24 bit signals without truncating bits. Unfortunately you need to go way up the Bel Canto line before both these boxes are checked.
NAD has a couple of good ones however, the c510, the m51, and your budget may even allow you to sneak into a m12. These are spectacular units.
NAD has a couple of good ones however, the c510, the m51, and your budget may even allow you to sneak into a m12. These are spectacular units.